Registered as a charity since 1986, the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is a national coalition of community-based AIDS organizations across Canada. We are dedicated to strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS across all sectors of society, and to enriching the lives of people and communities living with HIV/AIDS.
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Talking about Depression, Anxiety and HIV/AIDS
Publication date: 2014“Talking about Depression, Anxiety and HIV/AIDS” examines two specific mental health issues, depression and anxiety, in the context of HIV/AIDS. It provides general information about depression and anxiety, and how these mental health issues interact with...
Positive Prevention: Program Elements
Publication date: 2012Program Elements: An review of how effective positive prevention program address the factors that play a role in HIV risk, including the social determinants of health, universal access to prevention tools, stigma and discrimination and criminalization. It also...
Positive Prevention: Resources
Publication date: 2012Resources: A list of relevant position statements, policy documents and discussion papers, and other background and educational materials related to positive prevention.
Positive Prevention: What New HIV Prevention Technologies Mean for People Living with HIV
Publication date: 2012What New HIV Prevention Technologies Mean for People Living with HIV: An outline of new prevention technologies, including male and female condoms, microbicides, treatment as prevention, PrEP, PEP, vaccines, male circumcision, and prevention of vertical...
Positive Prevention: Strategies for People Living with HIV
Publication date: 2012Strategies for People Living with HIV: Detailed pointers on how people living with HIV can protect and improve their sexual health, delay the progression of HIV, promote shared responsibility for protecting sexual health and better advocate and mobilize to effect...
Positive Prevention: Common Misconceptions
Publication date: 2012Common Misconceptions: A revelation of what positive prevention really is and what it is not.
Positive Prevention: Guiding Principles and Values
Publication date: 2011Guiding Principles and Values: An explanation of the key values that form the basis of positive prevention programs, including The Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV (GIPA) and human rights, diversity, shared responsibility and empowerment, to name...
Follow the Condoms and Needles: What Previous Public Health Interventions Teach us about Future Deployments of an HIV Vaccine
Publication date: 2011The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is committed to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Canadian population. As part of this commitment, CAS has been increasing awareness of the need for a viable vaccine as one strategy in a growing range of prevention tools to stop...
PrEP: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Community Mobilization Kit
Publication date: 2010This tool kit informs community advocates about pre-exposure prophylaxis, a potential safe and effective form of prevention against HIV that involves administering antiretroviral medications to those at risk of HIV infection. You'll learn what PrEP is, what trials...
Information on the New Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations
Publication date: 2013On June 19th, 2013, the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) will come into effect, and the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) will be repealed on March 31, 2014. Both of these Regulations will be in force during this transition period. So...