Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Harm reduction measures aimed at preventing HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in prisons are neither new nor groundbreaking in Canada. Prison systems have implemented, to varying degrees, forms of harm reduction such as condoms, bleach and methadone...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
FEATUREClean switch: the case for prison needle and syringe programsCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSQuebec’s funding cut endangers study on alternative treatment for people addicted to heroinConstitutionality of gay blood donor ban challenged in courtIn briefReport:...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
FEATURESCriminalization confusion and concerns: the decade since the Cuerrier decision“Patients, not criminals”? An assessment of Thailand’s compulsory drug dependence treatment systemCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSB.C. medical officers of health seek more...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Postcard, Poster
This poster and postcard are part of the CATIE Get the Facts Campaign. The campaign aims to empower people living with HIV to make well-informed treatment decisions and improve their health. There are 3 key messages that encourage discussion about starting and...
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
Managing your health: a guide for people living with HIV provides up-to-date, reliable, plain language information delivered from the perspectives of people living with this disease. Since it was first published in 1996, it has become a “must read” for...
Organization:
CATIE
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
A number of public health departments and community organizations in Canada distribute safer crack use kits to people who use crack cocaine. The kits typically include mouthpieces, glass stems and screens, as well as condoms and referral information for other health...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
There are many links between HIV and (other) disabilities. As a result, there are growing calls for partnership between HIV activists and disability activists in responding to human rights concerns, including discrimination.
