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Vancouver/Richmond Health Board: Action Plan to Combat HIV/AIDS in the Downtown Eastside

Publication type: 
Media Release
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Agency: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Sponsor: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board
Date: 
1997-10-23
Pages: 
13
Summary: 
Three short documents released to the media in late October, 1998, about the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board passing a motion declaring the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Downtown Eastside a public health emergency, and about the Action Plan developed as a result. This media backgrounder provides a summary of highlights and goals of the Action Plan (which would become known as the Vancouver Downtown Eastside HIV/AIDS Action Plan). These goals include improving access to health services; improving testing and medical protocols; collaboration between government, community and other organizations; developing longer-term strategies and addressing the basic determinants of health; and additional funding through the Continuing Care Program. Also included is a timeline outlining specific objectives to be completed in the next two months, and a glossary of stakeholder agencies.
Keywords: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board; Downtown Eastside; DTES; HIV; HIV/AIDS; drugs; injection drug use; drug use; Vancouver; methadone; affordable housing; action plan; Vancouver Downtown Eastside HIV/AIDS Action Plan; harm reduction; access to services; HIV prevention; risk reduction; IDU