No Images? Click here Connecting with our network coast to coastREACH 2.0 News & Events, April 2017 Fellowship OpportunityREACH 2.0 and UWW 2020 are offering a new learning and funding opportunity for Masters and PhD degree students or holders working in public health, clinical environments or AIDS service organizations! Responding to the Overdose Crisis in BCOn April 14, 2016, Dr. Perry Kendall, the Provincial Health Officer, declared a public health emergency under the Public Health Act as a result of a dramatic increase in the number of opioid-related overdose deaths across British Columbia since the beginning of 2016. Because PAN’s member agencies and partners have been on the frontlines of responding to, reversing, and managing grief and loss related to overdoses, substantial time was spent discussing the opioid crisis and national drug policy at the PAN Fall Conference in October 2016. What's Happening with Manitoba's Collective Impact NetworkWe have applied for PHAC funding to support the work of the Network. Awaiting confirmation of the funding We were successful in being awarded Collective Impact Workshop 2 Support from the McConnell Foundation: Innoweave Initiative Moving Beyond Piloting HIV POCTA team co-led by Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan (Dalhousie University), and Carla Pindera (Nine Circles Community Health Centre), and supported by REACH 2.0, successfully secured Catalyst funding from CIHR to determine the number of POCT pilot projects completed in Canada since 2005 (the approval date of INSTI), the level of success, and the number of HIV POCT pilots that have successfully scaled-up to fully implemented HIV POCT programs. Being Pragmatic in Getting to the 90-90-90 Targets in CanadaThe OHTN, REACH 2.0, in collaboration with the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, and CIHR Living with HIV Innovation Team, are hosting a lunch symposium at CAHR this Friday, April 7 from 12:30-14:00.
Bienvenue, Charlotte!PRATICS 2.0 souhaite la bienvenue à Charlotte Guerlotté! Charlotte coordonnera le programme de recherche communautaire de la COCQ-SIDA au Québec.
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