Join us in the fight for access to HIV Treatment that eliminates the need for daily oral medication

Needed Now – Better Options for HIV Therapy in British Columbia

Bradford_McIntyre_HIV/AIDS Advocate positivelypositive.ca - Advocates from HIV/AIDS service organizations throughout the province, like AIDS Vancouver, can tell you that there is a clear need for long-acting antivirals like Cabenuva. Tell your MLA the time is now.

Vancouver, BC — March 21, 2023 —Today in British Columbia, people living with HIV are being denied access to the latest and most effective treatments.

Long acting injectable treatments that allow for those living with HIV to receive one injection every one or two months – instead of taking pills every day — are available everywhere in Canada except for British Columbia.

How You Can Help:

We believe that everyone living with HIV in British Columbia deserves access to the most innovative and effective treatments available. That's why we're launching an advocacy campaign to make long-acting injectable HIV treatment widely accessible to those who need it.

Join us in our fight for better access to innovative HIV treatment. Write to your local MLA and the Minister of Health, and tell them to stop blocking access to innovative HIV treatment.

SEND THE HEALTH MINISTER & YOUR LOCAL MLA A MESSAGE

Who we are:

As one of the first AIDS service organizations in Canada, AIDS Vancouver has long been involved in ensuring all people living with HIV have information about, and access to, the newest developments in HIV treatment and care. We are grateful that today, these developments include injectable treatment options, and look forward to seeing this choice available in our province, too.

Together with our community partners, Afro-Canadian Positive Network, Community-Based Research Centre, Health Initiative for Men, Vancouver Island Persons Living With HIV/AIDS Society, and YouthCO, AIDS Vancouver is looking to make injectable HIV treatment available to all people living with HIV in BC as soon as possible.