Coming this week!

AIDS Vancouver will be launching on July 17 two new documents:
the HIV/AIDS Education Handbook and the AIDS Vancouver Orientation Handbook!

During the Summer, the library will only be open Monday-Thursday, 9am-4pm.

We are sorry for the inconvenience and will do our best to keep providing the best service in a timely fashion. 

Simon Fraser University student, Arthur Yee won the IABC Student Communicator of the Year award for his co-operative education semester working here at AIDS Vancouver.

Arthur worked on AIDS Vancouver's annual report among many other projects. Congratulations Arthur!

Read more about the IABC Communicator Awards.

We're continually working on improving and making changes to our website. As we make these changes, your feedback is crucial.

One major addition to our website we are considering right now is putting AIDS Vancouver’s Helpline online. The Helpline Online would work like a web forum:

Press Release

Students to Host Concert to Raise Money for AIDS Vancouver

AIDS Vancouver is a sponsor of this event...

The Centre would like to invite you to our 4th Annual Awareness Breakfast to observe National Day Against Homophobia, May 17th. This observance has grown tremendously since 2003 when first organized by the Fondation Émergence in Quebec. Last year saw hundreds of events organized in communities across Canada to raise awareness about homophobia. Please visit the official website www.homophobiaday.com for more information.

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, Vol. 19, no 2, March-April 2008

In this issue:

Demographic and Illness-Related Variables Associated With HIV-Related Fatigue
James L. Harmon, Julie Barroso, Brian Wells Pence et al.
pages 90-97
Abstract

Prevent. Act. Support. We're doing it online.

AIDS Vancouver is pleased to launch our newest website. It is a great tool for us to do our important work and fulfill our mission to prevent, act and support.

Source: AIDSMAP

There are currently over 20 drugs available to treat HIV, but there is still a need for new drugs. This is mainly because HIV can become resistant to the drugs used to treat it. Researchers are not only trying to develop drugs that have a powerful effect against HIV, but that are also easy to take and cause fewer side-effects than those that are currently available.