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Recent Updates to Hepatitis C Testing Guidelines in British Columbia
Jul 15, 2021 by Stephanie Gin, Nurse Educator, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
British Columbia (BC) is now the first province or territory in Canada to recommend one-time birth cohort screening for people born from 1945 to 1965. This update is included in recent revisions to the British Columbia Centre for...
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MindMapBC: An online database of LGBTQ2+-affirming mental health supports
Jan 25, 2021 by Sarah Watt, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Collaborators at the Health Initiative for Men, the Community-Based Research Centre, and Simon Fraser University have developed and launched...
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Categories: Current practice, Events and announcements
HIV Self-Test approved for use in Health Canada
Jan 12, 2021 by Monica Durigon, Nurse Educator, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
What is an HIV self-test?
Point of Care (POC) HIV tests, also known as “rapid” HIV tests, screen for HIV antibodies and have been used in clinics and...
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Updates to BCCDC Non-Certified Practice Decision Support Tools and Certified Practice Competencies
Sep 23, 2020 by the Education Team, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
Non-Certified Practice
Revisions to the BCCDC’s Non-Certified Practice Decision Support Tools (DSTs) have been completed and are now posted in the...
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Categories: Current practice, Program updates
Your Sexual Health: A Guide for People Living with HIV
Aug 11, 2020 by Dan Udy, Editor/Writer, Health Information Resources, CATIE, Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information
Treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have expanded the definitions of “safer sex” for people living with HIV. It’s important to...
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