Allegations against UBC researchers’ study on Insite “without merit:”...
An independent reviewer has dismissed concerns over a study that shows a 35-per-cent decrease in overdose deaths after the opening of Insite, North America’s only supervised injection facility....
View ArticleUBC researcher wins 2012 Trudeau Foundation scholarship
Daniel Werb, senior research assistant at the Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI) at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), has been awarded the 2012 Pierre Elliott...
View ArticleUBC drug formulation receives $1.1 million for clinical development as HIV...
A drug delivery system developed through the University of British Columbia’s Neglected Global Diseases Initiative and licensed to iCo Therapeutics Inc. will receive $1.1 million from the National...
View ArticleFunding for neglected global diseases research at UBC exceeds $20M
Researchers with the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) at the University of British Columbia have attracted more than $20 million in funding to find ways to eliminate diseases and conditions...
View ArticleAdherence to HIV treatment significantly increases survival: UBC study
HIV-positive individuals who strictly adhere to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have a significantly lower probability of premature morbidity and mortality as compared to those with...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS Treatment as Prevention strategy working in B.C. Montaner calls for...
A new study from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) shows highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) reduces new HIV diagnoses, deaths and HIV prevalence, suggesting that the...
View ArticleWorld’s top HIV/AIDS researchers converge on Vancouver
UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) will welcome more than 6,000 of the world’s leading HIV/AIDS experts to Vancouver next week. Researchers, clinicians, community leaders and...
View ArticleWhat is HIV Treatment as Prevention?
Dr. Julio Montaner speaking at a press conference in 2014 announcing B.C.’s new HIV/AIDS testing guidelines. Credit: BC Government Newsroom As the 2015 International Aids Society Conference gets...
View ArticleOne stop health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa
A rural township in Free State. Credit: Angeli Rawat Providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of people there receiving vital HIV...
View ArticleHIV treatment has social and socioeconomic benefits, as well as improved...
New research shows that HIV treatment for illicit drug users improves their social and socioeconomic wellbeing as well as their health. While the health benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for...
View ArticleScreening in pregnancy key to eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission
Credit: iStock Canada has almost eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission, known as vertical transmission, in recent years by ensuring that all women have the opportunity to be screened for HIV in...
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