Saskatchewan Infectious Disease Care Network (SIDCN)
Providing HIV and Hepatitis C Awareness, Education, & Clinical Care
SFU Health Sciences professor Zabrina Brumme led the study with researchers from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, SFU, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), as well as Saskatchewan physician-researchers
Read the full article, http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2018/07/hiv-strains-mutating-in-saskatchewan.html
Public Health Agency of Canada has released updated national estimates of, and Canada’s progress towards, meeting the HIV 90-90-90 targets. More information, including a summary for download, can be found here
“The updated Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver guideline takes an important step in continuing the fight against HCV in Canada, expanding screening indications to the baby boomer cohort and recommending curative therapy to all individuals affected by HCV.”
Read the article at http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/hepatitis-c-testing-recommended-for-canadians-born-between-1945-and-1975