In this issue: Network Planning Regional Workshops New Report on Complementary/Alternative Health Care and HIV/AIDS Network Opposes Compulsory HIV Testing 2001 AGM Highlights Health Canada Responds to IDU Report Consultation with Members Comments and Feedback Meeting with the Prime Minister Other Network News 2001/2002 Board Network Interns, Summer Students, and Staff Important Dates New Resources
“As humanitarian, human rights, and development organisations actively engaged in the Canadian and international responses to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, we wish to raise with you our grave concerns about current discussions at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regarding the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“the TRIPS Agreement”), and Canada’s role in … Read more
The report provides information with reference to current policies, procedures, and scientific literature on: the risk of accidental occupational exposure to HBV, HCV, and HIV; post-exposure protocols and treatment; testing technologies and procedures; benefits to the exposed worker of information about the source person’s serological status, risk factors, and medical history; harms of compulsory testing … Read more
The 2001 Annual General Meeting of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network was held in Montréal from Friday, September 21st to Sunday, September 23rd. The AGM opened on the evening of September 21st with a welcome session and a panel discussion on Access to Treatments in Developing Countries. The formal business of the AGM was conducted … Read more
This paper contains: a short summary of the main issues raised in the Network’s 1999 report; a summary of Health Canada’s response to the Network’s report; the Network’s reaction to Health Canada’s response; a short description of next steps the Network will undertake; and suggestions about how to obtain further information.
This document focuses on immediate actions that are being taken to reduce the harm associated with IDU. These initiatives reflect Health Canada’s view that Canada’s response to this urgent health issue requires both improved interventions with individuals who use injection drugs and fundamental changes to the environment in which such interventions are offered.
FEATURES Medical Prescription of Heroin – A Review The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and its Gender Implications HIV/AIDS IN CANADIAN COURTS Supreme Court Finds Red Cross Negligent in Screening Blood Donors Tainted-Blood Cases: Updates Medical Marijuana and the Law: Recent Developments Motion to Strike Claim Dismissed in HIV Defamation Suit Couple Found Guilty in AIDS Scare Ontario … Read more