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WHO graphic with the title “You can help eliminate hepatitis by:” followed by four suggestions: - Get tested for hepatitis B & C - Vaccinate newborns with the hepatitis B birth dose within 24 hours - Learn the facts & talk to your healthcare provider about early testing & treatment - Help stop stigma by sharing accurate information

Today is World #Hepatitis Day.

Eliminating hepatitis is POSSIBLE because we have:

✔️ Effective vaccines,
✔️ Curative treatments,
✔️ Proven tools,
to stop transmission.

Take action today! 👉 bit.ly/hepatitis2025

Its #WorldHepatitisDay and we're out front #HopeToHealth with free food, games and even ice cream (generously donated by Rain or Shine), helping spread #HCV awareness and support our neighbours.

Come down to 625 Powell Street and see us until 3pm today!

Congratulations to the @sfu-fhs.bsky.social awardees, including BC-CfE-affiliated Evan Barad and Dr. Aniqa Shahid who are respectively receiving Canada Graduate Scholarship (Master) and CIHR Fellowship (Postdoctoral) awards.

📅 Mark your calendars on Friday, October 10, 2025 for the Fall 2025 Update, and plan to kick off your Thanksgiving weekend with another day of engaging presentations.

Registration and event details will be out later this summer at bccfe.ca/events/bc-cf....

An image from the BC-CfE Spring 2025 Update with the text overlaid reading "Recordings now online".

Thank you to everyone who joined us last month for the Spring 2025 BC-CfE Update: Focus on Syndemics.

The video recordings from the event’s presentations are now online, visit bccfe.ca/video-catego... to view all the sessions.

#BCCfEUpdate #CME #HIVupdate

"In addition to powerful prevention agents, Bekker also reminded the audience of the great benefits of #TasP. Undetectable = Untransmittable ( #UequalsU ) remains one of the most formidable means of ending the HIV epidemic."

We have the tools, we need the resolve & funding to end the HIV epidemic.

Our first news summary from the @iasociety.bsky.social Conference on HIV Science is out now:
-HIV funding crisis the focus of #IAS2025
-DoxyPEP faces resistance challenges
-Rwanda showcases HIV success
-Engineered T-cells selectively kill HIV reservoir cells in mice
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This morning, Dr. Julio Montaner joined @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social on CBC's Early Edition to discuss the impact of US funding cuts that @unaids.org estimates will result in 6 million new cases of HIV globally, and what Canada should do to bridge the financing gap.

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

🌟Highlights from #IAS2025 opening session!

A powerful start in #Kigali as global leaders, scientists & communities came together to kick off a groundbreaking week of HIV science, innovation & collaboration.

📷 See moments that set the tone for IAS 2025: www.instagram.com/p/DMGjWc2NxFR

"It was science that gave us ARVs, PrEP, PEP & U=U. It is science that must continue to drive innovation... To do this, the independence of health institutions, universities & experts must continue to drive us towards evidence-based solutions."

- Beatriz Grinsztejn, #IAS2025

"Our #HIV movement – a movement forged in activism, grounded in science and powered by community – is being severely tested once again. How we choose to react and respond will, in many ways, determine how the future will unfold."

- #IAS2025 International Chair Beatriz Grinsztejn

Trump stopped the global fight against HIV/AIDS in its tracks. Canada can help fix it | CBC Radio Until recently, the UN was on track to meet its target of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. But with the U.S. rapidly scaling back foreign aid contributions, the UN has released a new rep...

"Walking away from that commitment on a short notice and without a plan is an act of criminal negligence."

Dr. Julio Montaner spoke with CBC Radio's As It Happens about the devastating impact of cuts to foreign aid on the global #HIV response & how Canada can step up.

www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

An image of people around a boardroom with the overlaid text "We are hiring! - HR Manager, Operations".

We're looking for an experienced HR Manager to lead the strategic planning & development of initiatives that align with the @bccfe.bsky.social’s overall organizational strategy.

Apply today at bccfe.ca/careers/mana....

#NowHiring #WereHiring #HumanResources #HR #HRjobs #JobAlert

Experts at the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science warn global HIV gains at risk amid sudden funding cuts Researchers present

🌍 Global funding cuts are disrupting the #HIV response – threatening research, prevention & care.

At #IAS2025, scientists & communities are sharing urgent data & calls to action.

🔬 Today’s scientific highlights press conference featured 4 key studies. 👇

The G7’s HIV/AIDS response wanes precisely when global leadership is required When G8 leaders came together in 2002, Canada committed to defeat HIV/AIDS. Today, the G7 must reinvigorate its effort to end the pandemic.

Opinion: When G8 leaders came together in 2002, Canada committed to defeat HIV/AIDS. Today, the G7 must reinvigorate its effort to end the pandemic.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

The G7’s HIV/AIDS response wanes precisely when global leadership is required When G8 leaders came together in 2002, Canada committed to defeat HIV/AIDS. Today, the G7 must reinvigorate its effort to end the pandemic.

With devastating cuts to global health funding threatening our progress made in HIV/AIDS, Dr. Julio Montaner pens an urgent call to arms in @hilltimes.com, for G7 leaders to step up and fund proven HIV treatment & prevention strategies like #TasP globally.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Dr. Julio Montaner presenting at the 25th Annual Healthcare Summit on June 23, 2025.

Drs. Julio Montaner and Pieter Cullis during the panel discussion at the 25th Annual Healthcare Summit on June 23, 2025.

Thank you to @rebootcomm.bsky.social for inviting Dr. Julio Montaner to present his keynote session "Treatment as Prevention: The Key to end HIV/AIDS" at the 25th Annual Healthcare Summit.

A highly engaging morning of presentations and discussions alongside Dr. Pieter Cullis.

#HCS25 #HCS #TasP

The 25th Annual Healthcare Summit is taking place June 23-24th, honouring the legacy of Dr. Peter Cuilis.

A great list of keynote speakers including BC-CfE Executive Director Dr. Julio Montaner!

Healthcare leaders can still register at the link below.

Webinar: Prioritizing women in the hepatitis C response July 3, 2025 12 to 1:30 p.m. EDT

Women are an emerging priority population increasingly at risk for #HepatitisC due to structural barriers like gender-based violence, stigma, and more.

Join CATIE at July 3rd at noon EDT for a webinar that explores how to address to these issues:

Register today: 
https://bit.ly/4lc5Knq

Vancouver expands drug inhalation sites in Downtown Eastside Vancouver city council has approved changes to local health bylaws that will allow two new indoor supervised drug inhalation sites to open.

A recent Vancouver City Council decision paves the way to open the 6 inhalation rooms at #H2HCentre.

Dr. Julio Montaner speaks with City News on the importance of this expansion, saving lives and improving health outcomes for those who inhale/smoke substances.

vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/18/v...

Vancouver city council votes to allow safe inhalation sites Decision to amend city’s health bylaws expands access to harm-reduction measure

Vancouver city council votes to allow supervised inhalation sites. Smoking is now the most common method of drug consumption, by @andreawoo.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #HarmReduction #ToxicDrugCrisis

📣 The 25th Healthcare Summit announces our Opening Keynote for Day 1, Dr. Julio Montaner!

Register today to meet with healthcare leaders 👉 healthcaresummit.ca

#longevitysummit #healthcaresummit

Vancouver city council votes to allow safe inhalation sites Decision to amend city’s health bylaws expands access to harm-reduction measure

Offering inhalation booths in a facility attached to the H2H Clinic, not only saves lives, but engages clients with the health care system.

@andreawoo.bsky.social reports on the impact of Vancouver City Council's decision on the #H2HCentre inhalation rooms.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Well-deserved Dr. Shahid!

Learn more about the important work Dr. Shahid is leading at SFU and the BC-CfE in this great piece from
@sfu-fhs.bsky.social.

www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...

Drs. Zabrina Brumme and Aniqa Shahid at the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences convocation.

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Aniqa Shahid who received the 2025 Governor General’s Gold Medal during June’s @sfu-fhs.bsky.social convocation!

This prestigious award recognizes outstanding academic achievement & is among the highest doctoral honours conferred to graduate students.

“It helps shift #HIV care from one-size-fits-all to something far more precise and timely,” says Dr. Viviane Dias Lima, lead author of the study.

Thanks to @ijpds.bsky.social for highlighting the Mortality Risk Prediction Index in their recent issue, you can read all about it below.

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B.C. experts sound the alarm over rising number of HIV cases With U.S. cuts to programs putting millions at risk, Canada needs to provide leadership to help prevent a resurgence of HIV: expert

B.C. experts sound the alarm over rising number of #HIV cases. With U.S. cuts to programs putting millions at risk, Canada needs to provide leadership to help prevent a resurgence of HIV: @bccfe.bsky.social, by Gordon McIntyre vancouversun.com/news/bc-expe... via @vancouversun.bsky.social

"Imagine a Canada without HIV, or AIDS. A world without either. That could be a bold Canadian goal, one worthy of our ambitions. Soft power suits us better than hard power."

@picardonhealth.bsky.social makes the case that Canada lead the globe with 'nation-building' projects like ending HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Julio Montaner closing out the BC-CfE Update.

Closing out today’s #BCCfEUpdate, Dr. Julio Montaner thanks everyone for attending, hoping you all take a day of learnings forward applying a syndemic lens to the work you do.

Save the date for the Fall 2025 BC-CfE Update, Friday, October 10th!

Dr. Anil Maharaj presenting at the BC-CfE Update.

A slide highlighting a prospective study into ritonavir boosting for safer supply.

Presenting new thinking using old drugs, Dr. Anil Maharaj presented the pharmacokinetic rationale for ritonavir boosting in supporting safer supply programs and the benefits & risks of increasing fentanyl levels. #BCCfEUpdate