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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

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In this issue:
• AIDS Awareness Week
• Canadian Province Considering New HIV/AIDS Treatment Strategy To Target Highly Vulnerable Groups
• CATIE News - Listeria and HIV
• 10th Annual Alberta Harm Reduction Conference
• Magazine Calls on Next President To Develop National HIV/AIDS Plan
• Global Financial Crisis Could Harm HIV/AIDS Funding, Piot Says

AIDS Awareness Week

HIV Edmonton Open House November 25, 4-6 pm

Each year HIV Edmonton adds the names to an AIDS Memorial Quilt to commemorate the lives of those we have lost to HIV/AIDS. Our open house is an opportunity for friends and family to visit the quilt and remember their loved ones.  This year, we will also have the bodymaps from our 2008 Bodymapping Workshop on display. Please join us for a reception and tour of our office.  This event is open to the general public.

HIV Edmonton, #300, 11456 Jasper Avenue. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Paydli sue-ann.p@hivedmonton.com or 780-488-5742 ext. 221.

Annual AIDS Memorial and Vigil December 1 (World AIDS Day), 7:00pm

A non-denominational evening ceremony dedicated to remembering those we have lost to HIV/AIDS, followed by a candlelight walk. This event is open to the general public.

Citadel Theatre 9828 101A Avenue NW. Room TBA. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Paydli sue-ann.p@hivedmonton.com or 780-488-5742 ext. 221.

 

Canadian Province Considering New HIV/AIDS Treatment Strategy To Target Highly Vulnerable Groups

(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, October 31, 2008)

The Canadian province of British Columbia is considering new strategies to encourage the "most hard-to-reach" HIV-positive people to enter treatment, Toronto's Globe and Mail reports. The methods would target groups like drug users, the homeless and mentally ill and include payments and other incentives, such as drug recovery programs, addiction treatment, food and shelter.

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CATIE News - Listeria and HIV

Food-borne illnesses are not new to people living in Canada. However, an outbreak of one particular germ—Listeria—linked to the consumption of tainted processed meat has recently occurred. Listeria is of particular concern because this bacterium can cause severe infection (listeriosis) in people with weakened immunity. At press time, no one with HIV has contracted this illness, though at least 54 people have developed listeriosis and 20 people died as a result of eating contaminated ready-to-eat meat.
 
Because Listeria is commonly found in the environment, it is likely that future outbreaks of listeriosis will occur. Indeed, a separate outbreak of Listeria recently occurred in Quebec as a result of contaminated cheese. So far, 31 people have developed listeriosis from this second outbreak, one of whom has died.

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10th Annual Alberta Harm Reduction Conference

The 10th Annual Alberta Harm Reduction Conference planning is underway. The date has been set for March 4th & 5th, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta. This event will continue to lead some of the most progressive harm reduction education and skill transfer opportunities in the country.

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Magazine Calls on Next President To Develop National HIV/AIDS Plan

(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, November 4, 2008)

Whichever candidate wins the U.S. presidential election should develop a national HIV/AIDS strategy, POZ magazine editor-in-chief Regan Hofmann said recently, VOA News reports. According to POZ, more than one million people in the U.S. are HIV-positive, and 14,000 people died from AIDS-related causes in 2006. In addition, about 25% of people in the U.S. who are living with HIV are unaware of their status, VOA News reports. According to Hofmann, the next president should "acknowledge" that there is an HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and put "forward a plan immediately to deal with it. The funding is not commensurate with the need in the United States." She added that several state and federal HIV/AIDS programs have seen budget cuts in recent years.

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Global Financial Crisis Could Harm HIV/AIDS Funding, Piot Says

(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, October 29, 2008)

The current global financial crisis could harm HIV/AIDS funding and increase the factors that make people vulnerable to the disease, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot said on Tuesday during an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CQ HealthBeat reports. According to Piot, as rising food and energy costs drive more people into poverty worldwide, the factors that drive the spread of HIV also could increase.

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Bathhouse

7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. / Steamworks Bathhouse 11745 Jasper Ave. /
Suggested Donation $10

Leave your towels at home; this is an art installation. For one night only the bathhouse will be transformed by 20 artists including both visual and performing artists from around Edmonton and beyond into an orgy of art, commentary, inclusion and exploration. Taking place at Steamworks, one of three bathhouses that exist in Edmonton, the exhibit will allow artists to explore issues of sexuality and gender imbued in the history, stigma, imagery and politics surrounding bathhouses, anonymous sex and gender-strict spaces.  HIV Edmonton is proud to sponsor exposure and this event.

For more information on great events happening during exposure: Edmonton's Queer Art and Culture Festival visit www.exposurefestival.ca/

 

SIHA Condom Art and Fashion Show!

November 24-28

This is the Students International Health Association (SIHA) annual AIDS Awareness Week event. Join this knowledgeable group of peer educators throughout the week to decorate your very own condom with glitter, fabric, and craft materials. SIHA will end the week with a Fashion Show to showcase their dazzling condom art creations.  This event is open to the general public.

Student Union Building (SUB), University of Alberta campus. Contact: siha_localprojects@yahoo.ca

 

The Dynamics of HIV

Dynamics is a 2 day workshop that provides an introduction to HIV and issues related to HIV/AIDS. Topics include: HIV 101: The basics, Harm Reduction, Viral Replication and Treatment, Local/Global Issues, Determinants of Health and Human Rights. Space is limited to 20 participants. There is NO FEE to participate in this workshop. For more information or to register, contact  reception@hivedmonton.com or call 488-5742. A light lunch will be provided.

January 15-16, 2009 from 8:45 am—3 pm daily at HIV Edmonton #300, 11456 Jasper Avenue.

 

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