Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2010
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
In 2000, UN Member States set six Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the international community to achieve by 2015, three addressing global health challenges. In 2005, G8 nations – followed quickly by all remaining UN Member States ‐ set another goal: universal...
Organization:
Canadian AIDS Society
Publication date: 2011
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The 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...
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2010
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
In recent years, there have been promising results from both HIV vaccine and microbicide clinical trials. In the next few years, results are anticipated from a number of other microbicide, vaccine and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trials. As the results of new HIV...
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, HIV-related stigma and discrimination continue to be pervasive in the lives of people living with HIV. HIV-related stigma and discrimination occur throughout the world – however, they manifest differently and in varying degrees in...
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This information sheet is for persons living with HIV in Canada who are thinking of making a refugee claim or who have already made a refugee claim.This factsheet was produced in partnership with the HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic, Ontario, ViiV Healthcare and the Canadian...
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2011
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
There is relatively little reliable information on prevalence rates of HIV within trans communities. This being said, more and more research is attempting to fill this gap. These studies are uncovering new facets of a startling reality that trans communities from...
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2010
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Guideline or manual
Behind the Pandemic provides a participatory learning tool that skilled facilitators can use to foster greater understanding and the ability to address factors that contribute to the health inequalities facing Aboriginal peoples. It can be can tailored to different...
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
Tuberculosis, more commonly known as TB, is a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs but can affect any part of the body except hair, teeth and nails. Much like HIV, there is no 100% effective vaccine to protect against TB. TB is completely curable and...
Organization:
Positive Women’s Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Article
Article published on TheBody.com concerning the murder of Cicely Bolden, a black woman who disclosed her HIV+ status to a partner and was murdered.The PWN resources in Sage can be reproduced and adapted for non-commercial use with credit to the author. Please note...
Organization:
Positive Women’s Network
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Article
Article published in the Huffington Post. The PWN resources in Sage can be reproduced and adapted for non-commercial use with credit to the author. Please note that resources are being shared for archival reference and may contain information that is now...
