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. 

Press Release

Students to Host Concert to Raise Money for AIDS Vancouver

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

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.

Health region, tribal council partnership aims to address changing face of disease in city

A new clinic offering diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases -- along with a menu of related services -- will open in Saskatoon's inner city. When it opens its doors, the Saskatoon HIV Aboriginal Reduction of Harm Program, or SHARP, will be the first of its kind in the city. It will offer "one-stop shopping" of services for people at risk of and living with HIV.

Source: ABC News

A study focusing on HIV infection trends in Australian gay men is predicting a substantial increase in HIV infection in some states over the next seven years.

The report released today by the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research predicts a 73 per cent rise in HIV infections in Victoria and a 20 per cent rise in Queensland by 2015.

Source: Kaiser Network