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David Garmaise

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PubMed2005

Global Fund fundraising drive comes up well short of target.

The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis has raised only about half of the funds it was seeking for 2006 and 2007. The shortfall in funding means that many programs to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis cannot proceed, at a time when countries should be scaling up their responses. "The current funding gap will have devastating effects," said Anandi Yuvaraj, a Global Fund Board member, "depriving poor women, men and children from the hope of accessing life-saving prevention and treatment services...".

Financing, Organized↗
PubMed2004

Québec: an outbreak of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination.

In the space of a few weeks in January 2004, actions by three different institutions in Québec combined to threaten the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, raise the spectre of mandatory HIV testing, and create unnecessary public fears about the spread of HIV infection. In response to what they called "the worst weeks in recent history for people living with HIV/AIDS in Québec," the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and COCQ-Sida (the Québec coalition of community-based organizations fighting AIDS) called for a province-wide campaign against HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. A victory was achieved when a Montréal catholic seminary announced that it had backed down from its initial proposal to mandatorily test all applicants for priesthood for HIV, but much more is needed to fight the rapid outbreak of mandatory-testing proposals.

AIDS Serodiagnosis↗
PubMed2004

Canada announces new funding for domestic and global fight against AIDS.

In a flurry of announcements that came just weeks before it called a federal election, the federal government doubled the funding for its domestic HIV/AIDS strategy, doubled its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and announced a significant contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) 3 by 5 Initiative. AIDS organizations welcomed the announcements but were critical of the fact that the increased funding for the domestic strategy will take five years to implement. They also criticized the fact that funding for the global initiatives is not new money; it will come out of increases for development assistance previously announced.

Canada↗
PubMed2004

Consumer groups call for ban on internet pharmacies.

A number of consumer groups have called on the Canadian government to ban internet pharmacies, claiming that the industry is putting the health of Canadians at risk. The groups say that the impact will escalate if the problem is not addressed.

Canada↗
PubMed2004

Therapeutic HIV vaccine trial launched in Canada.

The first-ever clinical trial of a therapeutic HIV vaccine in Canada is currently underway. The trial is being run by the Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics (CANVAC) in cooperation with Aventis Pasteur, of France, and the Immune Response Corporation (IRC), of the United States.

AIDS Vaccines↗
PubMed2004

BC: campaign launched to protect personal health information.

A diverse group of rights, health, union, and HIV/AIDS organizations has launched a province-wide campaign to demand that the British Columbia government cease contracting out the administration of its medical plans to a private US company. The Right to Privacy Campaign (RPC) believes that the government's contract with Maximus Inc. places British Columbians' confidential health and related information within easy reach of US government agencies as a result of provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act and other US legislation.

British Columbia↗
PubMed2003

Mandatory HIV testing used to bar potential immigrants.

Last year Canada turned away 75 people with HIV/AIDS because the federal government said that they would place excessive demands on publically funded services. Another 207 people with HIV/AIDS were allowed to enter Canada, mainly because of exemptions to the excessive-demand provisions. HIV/AIDS organizations have objected to the government's policy of mandatory HIV-antibody testing of potential immigrants and have expressed concerns about the way in which excessive demand is calculated.

AIDS Serodiagnosis↗
PubMed2003

House of Commons committee holds hearings on AIDS.

Community groups, scientists, and organizations representing people with HIV/AIDS testified during three days of public hearings before the Standing Committee on Health. They unanimously called for an increase in the annual funding for the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS from $42.5 million to $85 million.

Canada↗
PubMed2003

Home care and prescription drugs to be funded under medicare.

Canada's first ministers have signed a health accord that could potentially lead to significant changes to Canada's health-care system. But the agreement is short on details and the new initiatives may not keep pace with the expectations of Canadians.

Canada↗
PubMed2003

Vaccine trial results generate debate and calls for further research.

The first large-scale human trial of an HIV vaccine produces disappointing results overall, but finds that the vaccine may have been effective among some of the minority populations participating in the trial. Whatever the significance of this finding (the debate continues), there was a consensus: (a) that the trial provided very useful information on how to conduct large-scale HIV vaccine trials; (b) that further research needs to be conducted; (c) that governments need to contribute more to vaccine research and development; and (d) that existing prevention efforts must be maintained or expanded.

AIDS Vaccines↗