In October 2010 in Toronto, Canada, the Canadian Treatment Action Council, in cooperation with several partnering organizations and stakeholders, hosted the 1st Canadian HIV/HBV/HCV Co-Infection Research Summit. The Summit welcomed close to 100 delegates from across Canada, including community members, researchers, general practitioners, epidemiologists, frontline workers, government employees, and pharmaceutical representatives. Click here to view PowerPoint presentation and video footage from the Summit.

In a lead up to the federal election, today a coalition of patient groups, researchers, doctors and other healthcare professionals, patient service organizations and activists, led by the Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC), call on all federal political parties to include a universal drug coverage plan (UDC) in their election platforms with a commitment to implement it. This will ensure equal access to life-saving and life-enhancing medicines for all Canadians, regardless of age, wage or location.
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Members of Parliament did the right thing last week by passing Bill C-393, creating hope that Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) will work as it was meant to – by cutting the red tape and making it easier for companies to provide low cost quality treatments for people with HIV/AIDS in countries with limited resources.

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Women across the globe have little to celebrate this International Women's Day in relation to HIV/AIDS, given that it continues to be the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age.

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We need your support to ensure the Ontario ministry of health acts quickly to approve the proposal for a Centre of Excellence in Solid Organ Transplant that has been submitted to the UHN for the Toronto General Hospital site. Please read and sign this petition.

A research team consisting of people from the Canadian Treatment Action Council is conducting an environmental scan of care and treatment supports for young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) in Canada.

If you are a youth under the age of 30, click here to answer questions about how you get information about care and treatment and where you go when you need help.

If you work with youth in a community group, agency, drop in, clinic or AIDS Service Organization, click here to answer our questions.

The Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC) has formed a national Youth Advisory Network (YAN) composed of young people aged 30 and under, many of whom are HIV+. These young leaders work collectively to guide the advocacy and policy development of young people living with HIV, with regards to access and barriers to treatment, care, and services.

• HIV Drugs in Ontario: Who, How and Why?
• Involvement of prisoners in Policy Making
• Formulary Series: Manitoba
• Update on CROI: Research is Good, Interventions are Better
• Towards Equity: Catastrophic Drug Coverage in Canada

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The 1st Canadian HIV/HBV/HCV Co-infection Research Summit, held in Toronto on October 30th-31st, 2010, was organized by the Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC) in partnership with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), Canadian Hemophilia Society, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE),Canadian Institute of HIV Research (CIHR), Gilead Sciences, Merck Canada, MAC AIDS Fund, Ontario AIDS Bureau, Public Health Agency of Canada, as well as researchers and community-based organizations.