Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users

A manual written for Canadian HIV Resource Centre Network (CANNET) staff and volunteers who do not have formal library training but want to learn how to manage an HIV resource centre. The manual includes: detailed descriptions of HIV resource centre operations; chapters on how to develop a resource collection; organizing the collection; providing services to users; record keeping/statistics; and promoting the document collection. The manual also includes examples and samples throughout and a list of references.

An information sheet providing statistical information about HIV and AIDS among women in Canada in 1996. The document includes a brief history of the HIV epidemic and highlights that AIDS reports are increasing among women along with an increase in HIV infection among women.

A report, in both English and French, on the proceedings of a two-day meeting between Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA). The meeting was about how to improve collaboration between the two agencies, in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in the prison population, and in improving prisoners' access to services and treatment for diseases. This report summarizes presentations given by CPHA and CSC Health Services on current epidemiology, risk factors, service access, and gaps that need to be addressed. It also presents An Action Plan developed at the meeting. The Plan identifies key actions to be taken at the national, regional, and local levels, timelines for their completion, and the people and agencies responsible for carrying them out.

A pamphlet describing the advocacy and outreach services available through the Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society in the downtown eastside of Vancouver.