Agency:
AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI)
Summary:
A bi-monthly newsletter produced by the Victoria chapter of AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI). This issue focuses on HIV/AIDS in remote areas and includes: an article about the regionalization of HIV/AIDS funding by the Executive Director of AVI; an article about the Cowichan Valley needle exchange; an article about homophobia in rural areas; a history of AIDS Service Organizations in Nanaimo; an article about networking and HIV/AIDS work in rural areas by ANKORS Executive Director, Karen Muirhead; an interview with Karen Turner, Executive Director of North Island AIDS Coalition; report on the West Coast HIV/AIDS Planning Group; calendar of events for July and August.
Keywords:
AIDS service organization (ASO); harm reduction; HIV/AIDS; rural communities; volunteers