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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....

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UBC 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...

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UBC 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...

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Funding 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...

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Adherence 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...

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HIV/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...

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World’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...

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What 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...

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One 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...

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HIV 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...

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Screening 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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