December 1 is World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week in Canada.

For our latest vodcast episode, President of Doctors of BC, Dr Ramneek Dosanjh, speaks with three guests in the area of HIV/AIDS including:

  • Dr Julio Montaner, Killam Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, an endowed Chair in AIDS Research and Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and a Past-President of the International AIDS Society,
  • Dr Chelsea Elwood, a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UBC and the Medical Lead for the Oak Tree clinic as well as the Antimicrobial Stewardship committee at BC Women’s Hospital, and
  • André Picard, an author and The Globe and Mail’s health columnist

They discuss what doctors should know about HIV/AIDS and how they can promote equality around testing, prevention, and treatment.

Watch the episode to learn more.

Resources:

UN World AIDS Day

International Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS for Indigenous People and Communities 2018-2024

Oak Tree Clinic

World AIDS Day Report, Dangerous Inequalities

BC Women’s Hospital HIV guidelines and recommendations around antimicrobials and antiretrovirals specific to pregnancy (within the app)

British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Healthcare resources

British Columbia Centre for Excellence Clinical Education program website

British Columbia Centre for Excellence Treatment as Prevention resources

STOP/HIV AIDS initiative website