Consultation Results: "Priorities for Action in Managing the Epidemics" - ANKORS Submission on Draft Consultation

Document written by ANKORS of BC. It gives editorial feedback and commentary on an initial draft of the BC government report, "Priorities for Action in Managing the Epidemics: HIV/AIDS in British Columbia". ANKORS argues that the final version of the report should base its approach more firmly within a broad harm reduction perspective. ANKORS expresses dismay that there was a lack of community input and expertise informing the draft report. The report lacks strategies for action and implementation; discussion on the need for action to address HIV in women, Aboriginal, gay men, injection drug users, and youth; and does not acknowledge issues of HIV in rural BC. To fill these gaps, ANKORS provides a list of specific recommendations of how the BC government can improve the report and its overall strategy on HIV/AIDS.