{"id":396,"date":"2023-07-11T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canfar.com\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2025-06-25T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:50:20","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canfar.com\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In August 2014, if you\u2019d heard of pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP, you were probably the only person in your friend group who had. The clinical evidence existed in the USA, where the medication, Truvada, was already available and anecdotally had been used on the \u201cscene\u201d as a prophylactic. But the public health messaging, the prescriber familiarity, the coverage, and most critically, the cultural conversation hadn\u2019t yet arrived in Canada. As I spoke more openly about PrEP, I lost friends who saw it as pharmaceutical avoidance of curing an epidemic they\u2019d fiercely advocated for from the start, and others who saw people on PrEP as risky sexual deviants. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u201cStarting Home Fires\u201d HIV awareness campaign launches during National Indigenous History Month to promote HIV awareness\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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As communities across Canada recognize National Indigenous History Month and prepare to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, Indigenous leaders and HIV advocates are launching Starting Home Fires, a new Indigenous-led HIV awareness campaign designed to reduce stigma, increase knowledge, and support community-driven conversations about HIV.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCANFAR Responds to Manitoba\u2019s HIV Public Health Emergency Declaration\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cThis declaration is an important acknowledgment of the urgency of the HIV crisis unfolding in Manitoba,\u201d said Dr. Paul Sandstrom, CEO of CANFAR. \u201cHIV is preventable, treatable, and manageable\u2014but only when people can access the services and the supports they need. Across Canada, too many communities still face barriers to testing, stigma, racism, geographic remoteness, delayed lab results, and gaps in care. Addressing HIV requires an equity-focused response grounded in community leadership.\u201d <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRapid TLC, a new initiative from St. Michael\u2019s Hospital, brings same day HIV\/STBBI testing and care to underserved communities across Canada\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cCANFAR is proud to support the launch of Rapid TLC, bringing faster, more accessible diagnostics directly into communities,\u201d says Dr. Paul Sandstrom, newly appointed CEO of CANFAR. \u201cAligned with our Bold Actions plan to end HIV in Canada, this initiative reduces barriers to testing and advances health equity for under-resourced communities. With donor support, we\u2019re expanding rapid testing technologies and linkage to care initiatives through community partners such as Women\u2019s Health in Women\u2019s Hands to improve early detection and strengthen responses to HIV and other STBBIs.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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CANFAR’s annual spring fundraiser took place at the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto on Friday, May 1st, 2026. Every dollar raised supports CANFAR’s efforts to increase access to HIV testing for priority and under-resourced communities.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFrom Curiosity to Calling\u2014Mohammad-Ali Jenabian\u2019s journey from veterinary science to global HIV research\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mohammad-Ali Jenabian did not initially set out to study HIV. In fact, he began his career as a veterinarian, completing his first doctoral degree in his home country of Iran. It was during these early studies that his interest in infectious and viral diseases took shape.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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