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HIV Vaccine Preparedness: Capacity-Building Needs of Canadian Community-Based Organizations - Poster Presentation for the 4th Canadian HIV/AIDS Skills Building Symposium, November 22, 2003

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Canadian AIDS Society
Date: 
2003-11-22
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Presentation by the Canadian AIDS Society of the results of an interview study with community-based HIV, HCV and cancer movements to ask for their insights into the capacity-building needs of Canadian community-based organization with regard to becoming prepared for the possible emergence of an HIV vaccine. The presentation describes activities involved in developing 'vaccine preparedness'; the prerequisites for community involvement in vaccine advocacy and preparedness; the challenges of engaging the community in the long term; how vaccine preparedness fits on the prevention-care-support-treatment continuum; and the kinds of capacity, leadership and partnerships that are needed.
Keywords: 
Canadian AIDS Society; HIV vaccines; community-based organizations; AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs); community capacity building; HIV/AIDS

A National Hepatitis C Strategy in Canada: A Discussion Paper

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
Canadian AIDS Society
Date: 
2004-02
Pages: 
13
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
This paper was written at a time when it was expected that Health Canada would be recommending a national Hepatitis C (HCV) strategy. This paper examines three possible approaches to implementing an HCV strategy in Canada, examining the pro's and cons of each: 1) full integration of a new HCV strategy with the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS (CSHA); 2) Complete segregation of the two strategies; and 3) Partial integration of the new HCV strategy and the CSHA. It gives an overview of strategies undertaken in other countries (Australia, England, United States). The paper recommends that government should weigh the evidence carefully and, regardless of the level of integration it chooses, provide clear links between the new HCV strategy and the CSHA.
Keywords: 
Hepatitis C; Hep C; HCV; Canada; United States; Australia; England; HIV/AIDS; Canadian AIDS Society; policy; Canadian AIDS Society

Voluntary Committee of Lawyers

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
Pages: 
7
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Brochure describing the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers (VCL) association in the United States. The VCL is a group of lawyers and judges who critique the US War on Drugs and advocate for fundamental reform of these policies. The VCL's history and background, and its "prototype drug policy reform project" - the King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project - are described. A list of bar associations affiliated with the VCL in other states, and other VCL initiatives, is provided.
Keywords: 
Voluntary Committee of Lawyers (VCL); war on drugs; United States; drug policy; harm reduction; drug law reform

Canadian Action Treatment Council Newsletter

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Canadian Action Treatment Council (CATC); Canadian AIDS Society; Best Medicines Coalition; LIPO-ACTI
Series: 
Quarterly newsletter Volume 7, Issue 3
Date: 
2005-08
Pages: 
12
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Quarterly publication of the Canadian Action Treatment Council (CATC), an organization whose mandate is to support access to HIV/AIDS therapies and treatments; encourage information exchange and provide skills building and mentoring to people living with HIV and AIDS. This issue contains an article on the Blueprint for Action on HIV/AIDS in Canada which outlines its priorities in the areas of care, treatment and support. Women's issues are highlighted. Other articles focus on the undemocratic nature of the pharmaceutical drug review process in Canada; the need for improved access to lipodystrophy-related health care; the need for women-specific HIV/AIDS treatment; the CATC's Five-Year Strategic Plan; and results from a newsletter survey listing readers' priorities with regard to information they would like to see.
Keywords: 
Canadian Action Treatment Council (CATC); Canadian AIDS Society; Best Medicines Coalition; LIPO-ACTION!; pharmaceutical; access to treatment; HIV/AIDS therapies; Blueprint for Action on HIV/AIDS in Canada: Towards 2006; Blueprint; HIV/AIDS; Canada; maternal transmission; mother to child transmission; HIV risks; HIV treatment; HIV prevention; support services; medicine; drugs; women; aboriginal; health care; pregnancy; access to services;

PASAN: Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network: Info Bulletin #1

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
Series: 
Info Bull. #1
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
PASAN is a community-based network and organization, formed in 1991, that provides education, support and advocacy to prisoners and their families on HIV/AIDS and related issues. This first information bulletin describes the organization, and lists and describes its support services, outreach and education services, and networking and advocacy services.
Keywords: 
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN); prison; prisoners; young offenders; HIV/AIDS; HIV; AIDS; support services; educational program; advocacy groups; prison programs; crime; justice system; criminal justice system

PASAN: Info Bulletin #6: "Like a Dog in a Back Kennel": Death Exposes Treatment of Prisoners Living with HIV/AIDS

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
Series: 
Info Bull. #6
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
PASAN is a community-based network and organization, formed in 1991, that provides education, support and advocacy to prisoners and their families on HIV/AIDS and related issues. This sixth information bulletin describes the case of Billy Bell, who died of AIDS after receiving severely inadequate health care in the prison system. A Coroner's Inquest was held in 1997, in which PASAN helped to represent Bell's case. The jury was critical of Correctional Service Canada's treatment of Bell, and made recommendations that the CSC upgrade its palliative care approach; make HIV testing anonymous and accessible; consider needle exchange programs; and increase the role of the palliative care team in parole hearings under the Compassionate Release Program for prisoners with terminal illness.
Keywords: 
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN); prison; prisoners; young offenders; HIV/AIDS; HIV; AIDS; support services; educational program; crime; advocacy groups; health care; Correctional Service Canada; criminal justice system; justice system; prison programs

PASAN: Info Bulletin #5: HIV/AIDS and Prisoners: The Case Against Segregation

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
Series: 
Info Bull. #5
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
PASAN is a community-based network and organization, formed in 1991, that provides education, support and advocacy to prisoners and their families on HIV/AIDS and related issues. This fifth information bulletin discusses the issue of forced segregation of prisoners with HIV/AIDS. It describes possible plans by Correctional Service Canada to create a specialized care unit in one existing federal prison, where prisoners with HIV/AIDS can "voluntarily" choose to serve their time. The bulletin argues that prisoners with HIV/AIDS would be coerced into serving their time in this particular prison and health care unit, because of the lack of quality care in other prisons. A specialized facility would enforce segregation; increase stigma and cause a loss of confidentiality; deter people from testing for fear of being sent there; and create the false impression in other prisons that HIV risk is low and that prevention practices are unnecessary.
Keywords: 
Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN); crime; prison; prisoners; young offenders; HIV/AIDS; HIV; AIDS; support services; justice system; criminal justice system; educational program; prison programs; advocacy groups; Correctional Service Canada (CSC); health care

1999 Downtown Eastside Community Monitoring Report - Chinatown, Downtown Eastside, Strathcona, Gastown, Victory Square

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
City of Vancouver Planning Department
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
31
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Report providing brief statistical information on topics related to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside communities of Strathcona, Downtown Eastside; Gastown; Chinatown; and Victory Square. It reviews recent data in relation to population demographics; housing; real estate and development activities; community services; neighbourhood facilities; fire, crime and problem businesses; liquor licensing and traffic flows. The report is updated annually and allows the City, government and the community to understand and assess community health, revitalization, and the effects of new development in the Downtown Eastside.
Keywords: 
City of Vancouver; DTES; Downtown Eastside; community services; community health; addictions; crime; community development; urban planning; housing; demographics

The Pivot Post: News from Pivot Legal Society. Issue 3, Winter 2005/06

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Pivot Legal Society
Series: 
Issue 3, Winter 2005/06
Date: 
2005-06
Pages: 
12
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Winter 2005/2006 newsletter of Pivot Legal Society, an organization that engages in law reform; legal education; and strategic legal action to advance the interests of marginalized persons in Vancouver, BC. This issue of the newsletter contains articles on plans of SRO residents to sue the City of Vancouver over human rights abuses and destruction of their personal property; police abuse claims filed by Pivot Legal Society now going to court; Pivot's sex work law reform projects, based on a human rights approach; the Hope in Shadows photography exhibition; and news about Pivot's staff and volunteers.
Keywords: 
Pivot Legal Society; law reform; Vancouver; DTES; Downtown Eastside; SROs; single room occupancy hotels; police authority; police misconduct; police brutality; police violence; justice system; sex trade workers; sex workers; prostitution; prostitutes; decriminalization; legalization; sex work; sex trade; survival sex trade; housing; affordable housing;

How long for a clean urine?

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
A list of drugs (e.g., alcohol; cannabis; amphetamines; LSD; codeine; opiates) and the amount of time it takes for them to leave a person's system so that they would not be detected in a drug urine test. The list was compiled using a variety of sources and is not guaranteed for accuracy.
Keywords: 
drug testing; drugs; alcohol

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