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Complete this survey to help create a directory of BC hepatitis C treatment providers
Oct 22, 2019 by Hepatitis Services team, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
The Hepatitis Services team at the BC Centre for Disease Control invites those who provide (or work at a clinic that provides) hepatitis C treatment in British Columbia (BC) to participate in a short survey.
The survey will be...
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Categories: Events and announcements
Ocular syphilis in British Columbia – Re-emergence of an old disease
Oct 15, 2019 by Hasan Hamze, Medical Student, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
Background
Infectious syphilis rates in British Columbia (BC) are the highest they’ve been in 30 years from 2018 data [1]. Males account for the majority...
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Categories: New knowledge
GetCheckedOnline Celebrates 5 Years
Sep 25, 2019 by Heather Pedersen, Online Sexual Health Services Manager, BC Centre for Disease Control; Devon Haag, Digital Public Health Manager, BC Centre for Disease Control
GetCheckedOnline (GCO), Canada’s first internet-based testing service for sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI), celebrates its 5 year anniversary this month.
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Categories: Program updates
New BCCDC Non-Certified Practice Decision Support Tool: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Sep 19, 2019 by Geoffrey Ford, HIV/STI Senior Practice Lead, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
Please join the BCCDC education team for a Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) webinar to review this new Decision Support Tool (DST) for Registered Nurse assessment and management of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). This DST...
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Categories: Current practice, Events and announcements
Making Space project reflections: Improving clinical services for Indigenous people
Sep 6, 2019 by Brenna Robert, BC Patient Safety and Quality Council Student Intern
Approximately 5.9% of the population in British Columbia identify as Indigenous, however data from the BCCDC STI Clinics show that less than 1% of clients identify as Indigenous when accessing services. Making Space is a...
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Categories: Program updates