- On June 20th, 2022, the HIV Legal Network, in collaboration with Communities, Alliances & Networks and the Women & HIV/AIDS Initiative, hosted a roundtable about alternative justice responses…
- CATIE NewsA pilot program screened pregnant people for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and other microbes. Researchers found that 87 cases had HCV infection and 20% of these also had syphilis. Continued screening for…
- Recommendations for developing a national action plan focused on enabling environments that shape sexual and reproductive health and rights by, with, and for women living with HIV in Canada.
- CATIE NewsUntreated syphilis can cause many harms to adults and to fetuses during pregnancy. An Alberta study found that 314 fetuses were exposed to syphilis in the womb, with 16 stillbirths. Researchers call…
- Prevention in FocusThis article looks at the rising rates of congenital syphilis in Canada and the role that service providers have in addressing congenital syphilis through prevention, testing and treatment services.
- Prevention in FocusThis article aims to help service providers become more self-reflective and sensitive to how gender shapes individuals' access, uptake and benefits of harm reduction services.
- Prevention in FocusAn overview of Canadian resources that service providers can use to understand and address harm reduction among women.
- Prevention in FocusAn overview of Canadian resources that service providers can use to understand and address HIV and hepatitis C among women.
- The Canadian infant feeding consensus guideline is designed to inform and enable better care for women with HIV and their babies.
- Prevention in FocusFor people with HIV who wish to breastfeed (chestfeed*), having an undetectable viral load greatly lowers the risk of transmission but does not completely eliminate it. For this reason, it is…
- Prevention in FocusWhile it is recommended that people with HIV formula feed their babies in Canada, there is a growing movement to support people with HIV who wish to breastfeed (chestfeed*). For people with HIV who…
- CATIE NewsBiktarvy is a widely used HIV treatment, however, it has not been well studied in pregnancy. Researchers monitored its use in 33 pregnant women living with HIV in Thailand. Levels of study drugs fell…