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For Your Information - AIDSVAX Clinical Trial Results: 2 Scenarios

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
Canadian AIDS Society; Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
A resource prepared by Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Canadian AIDS Society for use by community organizations / the HIV/AIDS movement in handling the media once the results of the first large scale trial for an HIV/AIDS vaccine are made public. If the vaccine is shown to have little effectiveness, key messages to convey to the media and public are that prevention efforts must continue; research must continue; much has been learned to inform follow-up research; and Canada must prepare an HIV vaccine plan. If the vaccine is found to be effective, the same messages should be conveyed, since the vaccine will not be available in Canada for a long time and regardless, it will not provide 100% protection and does not represent a cure for AIDS.
Keywords: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Canadian AIDS Society; HIV/AIDS vaccines; AIDSVAX; HIV prevention

Federal Government Responds to the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among Injection Drug Users in Vancouver

Publication type: 
Media Release
Agency: 
Health Canada
Date: 
1997-11-14
Pages: 
18
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
1997 news release, in English and French, by Health Canada following the declaration by the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board that HIV/AIDS was a public health emergency for the Downtown Eastside. Health Minister Allen Rock states his concern with the issue and his plan to direct Health Canada to coordinate a long-term federal response to the crisis. The document goes on to list HIV prevention and health projects in the Downtown Eastside that are supported by Health Canada.
Keywords: 
Vancouver; Downtown Eastside; DTES; Health Canada; HIV/AIDS; public health; substance abuse; HIV prevention; harm reduction

Downtown Eastside/Strathcona Coalition Meeting

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Downtown Eastside/Strathcona Coalition
Date: 
2000
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Letter from the Downtown Eastside/Strathcona Coalition to all Coalition Partners describing how support and involvement in the coalition is decreasing and encouraging involvement. The letter invites coalition partners to a barbeque and meeting to discuss the future of the coalition and the election of the Community Services Fund steering committee.
Keywords: 
Downtown Eastside/Strathcona Coalition; DTES; Vancouver; activism; community organizations; advocacy groups

Upcoming AIDSVAX Trial Results: What Will They Mean? Media Briefing.

Publication type: 
Media Release
Agency: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Canadian AIDS Society
Date: 
2003-02-07
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Media briefing about the upcoming research trial results for an HIV/AIDS vaccine (AIDSVAX). The brief addresses the possibility of public confusion or misunderstanding once research results are made public, and describes a special update published by the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition ("Understanding the Results of the AIDSVAX Trial"). The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Canadian AIDS Society call on Health Canada to coordinate and plan funding for a Canadian HIV Vaccine Plan in consultation with the community-based AIDS movement.
Keywords: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Canadian AIDS Society; HIV/AIDS vaccines; AIDSVAX; HIV prevention

AIDSVAX Trial Results: Canadian Organizations Ask Canadian Government to Step up HIV Vaccine Efforts - For Immediate Release

Publication type: 
Media Release
Agency: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Canadian AIDS Society
Date: 
2003-02-25
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Press release about preliminary findings of the first large scale research trial for an HIV/AIDS vaccine (AIDSVAX). The results showed little reduction in HIV infection among volunteers. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Canadian AIDS Society call on Canada to continue HIV/AIDS vaccine research despite these findings, and Health Canada to coordinate and plan funding for a Canadian HIV Vaccine Plan in consultation with the community-based AIDS movement.
Keywords: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Canadian AIDS Society; HIV/AIDS vaccines; AIDSVAX; HIV prevention

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Examining how the Lack of Universal Childcare Impacts Marginalized Women's Equality

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Grassroots Women
Sponsor: 
Status of Women Canada - BC Region
Date: 
2005-05
Pages: 
97
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Results of a participatory action research project launched in March 2004. The research documents the stories, analysis, and ideas for action of working class women in relation to childcare. It examines the impact of current childcare policy on women's equality and liberation. The report demands an end to the privatization of childcare programs; recognition of the fact that childcare is a fundamental right for women; and an end to the exploitive Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).
Keywords: 
Canada; women's equality; working class women; Live-in Caregiver Program; childcare policy; women's movement; government policy; immigrants

When Love is Not Enough: A Parent's Perspective

Publication type: 
Poetry/Prose
Agency: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Opinion piece based on the personal experience of a mother and addiction rights activist in Vancouver. She describes her son and his heroin addiction and common emotions experienced by family and loved ones. She argues that addiction is a health problem and that zero abstinence programs therefore do not work. She asserts that only Heroin and Cocaine Maintenance programs offer any real solution for long-term drug addicts like her son. She encourages families of drug addicts to get involved in community advocacy and activism to promote harm reduction programs.
Keywords: 
addictions; harm reduction; drug use; drug treatment; Canada; heroin maintenance; Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)

Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens and Drugs

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Drug Policy Alliance
Sponsor: 
Drug Policy Alliance
Date: 
2007
Pages: 
31
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Educational booklet designed for parents and educators of teenagers. It gives practical strategies for ensuring the health and safety of youth in relation to drug use. The author puts forward a "safety first" , or harm reduction alternative to traditional, abstinence-based drug prevention strategies. Strategies include emphasizing the importance of moderation; getting young people to understand the consequences of substance use; and providing young people with science-based education about the effects of drugs on the body and why people use drugs.
Keywords: 
Drug Policy Alliance; parent education; drugs; drug use; drug users; education; awareness raising; youth; teenagers; adolescents; United States; USA; US; harm reduction

Pre-fix: Harm reduction for + Users

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)
Sponsor: 
Health Canada's Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
41
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
A booklet designed for HIV positive drug users on reducing harm and negative health effects of drug use. It provides information on HIV testing; how HIV is transmitted and how it affects the body; what to expect from doctors; HIV medications and side effects; avoiding drug interactions; Hepatitis risks; how to boost the immune system; safer sex; STDs; drugs, HIV and pregnancy; and a list of strategies for avoiding infections and diseases through injection drug use.
Keywords: 
Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE); HIV/AIDS; harm reduction; drug users; HIV treatment; alternative therapy; complementary therapy; injection drug use; hepatitis C; women; pregnancy; risk reduction

2004 Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: Recognizing outstanding contributions to addressing HIV/AIDS and human rights / Prix de l'Action contre le VIH/sida et pour les droits humains: En reconnaissance de contributions exceptionnelles au resp

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Human Rights Watch
Sponsor: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Human Rights Watch; International Harm Reduction Development (IHRD)
Date: 
2004
Pages: 
12
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
A document in both French and English, describing the nomination process and the results of the 2004 Annual Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. Award recipients include Megan Oleson, a nurse who works in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver and organized the opening of North America's first safe injection site in 2003. Pivot Legal Society, a non-profit organization that addresses legal and human rights challenges faced by sex workers, drug users and homeless people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, also received the award. The international recipient for 2004 was the Thai Drug Users' Network (TDN) which advocates for harm reduction policies and HIV/AIDS services for drug users from a human rights perspective.
Keywords: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Pivot Legal Society; DTES; Downtown Eastside; Vancouver; drug users; safe injection site; human rights; law; sex workers; supervised injection site; HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis C; HCV; Hep C; harm reduction; risk reduction; advocacy groups; IDUs; Megan Oleson; nurses; street nurses; Insite; Thai Drug Users' network (TDN); Thailand;

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