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March 10, 2011 - The impact of BC-CfE research on Vancouver's drug strategy and public health response took center stage Mar. 7 at a special HIV-focused session of the Mayor's Four Pillars Coalition.
With a crowd of more than 50 policy-makers, service providers, and community advocates in attendance, BC-CfE director Dr. Julio Montaner and researchers Dr. Thomas Kerr and Dr. Kate Shannon presented a wealth of evidence to support the expansion of HIV treatment and the use of harm reduction interventions, such as supervised injection and the decriminalization of sex work.
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About the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS:
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is Canada's largest HIV/AIDS research, treatment
and education facility. The BC-CfE is based at St. Paul's Hospital, Providence Health Care, a teaching hospital of the University of British Columbia. The BC-CfE
is dedicated to improving the health of British Columbians with HIV through developing, monitoring and disseminating comprehensive research and treatment programs for HIV and related diseases.
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