[Viva] Fwd: PAN Weekly News July 16, 2019: "Cautious optimism" as overdose deaths decrease; World Hepatitis Day updates

Tue Jul 16 08:22:20 PDT 2019

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From: Janet Madsen <janet at pacificaidsnetwork.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 7:55 AM
Subject: PAN Weekly News July 16, 2019: "Cautious optimism" as overdose
deaths decrease; World Hepatitis Day updates
To: <shetognazzini at gmail.com>

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PAN Weekly News July 16, 2019

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PAN News
Updated! World Hepatitis Day Events
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Looking to learn about hepatitis C leading up to World Hepatitis Day? There
are a number of events and resources. Learn more
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In case you missed it: Fifty-first National Congress on Housing and
Homelessness
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Mona Lee reports back on the latest presentation from Positive Living
Positive Homes at the 51st National Congress on Housing and Homelessness.
It gave her lots to think about and resources to share. Learn more
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Community News

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is Friday Help Shape how Canada evaluates its Success in Addressing
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and other STBBIs
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PAN recently hosted a webinar presented by Dr. Jason Wong and PAN's J. Evin
Jones. They discussed the Pan-Canadian STBBI Framework for Action, and
gathered input from attendees about what indicators (measurements) would be
best to reach the goals of the Framework. Please add your voice to the
discussion! Webinar on-demand; survey open for feedback until July 19. Learn
more
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Positive Living BC Healing Retreat
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Healing Retreats at Positive Living BC are an opportunity for people living
with HIV from all walks of life, ages and cultures to be together. They
provide a personally valuable, fun and relaxing opportunity to be with
other PLHIV and know you are not alone. The next retreat is August 23-26. Learn
more
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Overdose Crisis and Response
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PAN provides resources on overdose services, team resilience, governmental
reports, policy recommendations, and more on our Drug Use and Overdose
Response
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page. It is organized into several sections for ease of use: PAN reports
and summaries, Frontline Care Resources, and Reports, Recommendations and
Research.

BC 'cautiously optimistic' as overdose deaths drop by 30%
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Drug-related deaths for the first five months of 2019 have decreased by 30
per cent across B.C. compared to the same time last year. Learn more
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Spike in overdoses reportedly due to opioid-sedative mix that acts like
'date rape drug'
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A new deadly cocktail has been showing up in Vancouver's drug supply in
recent weeks: fentanyl cut with benzodiazepines or benzos as they're more
commonly called. Vancouver Coastal Health first warned about benzos — drugs
like Valium and Xanax which have a sedative-like effect — being found in
street drugs earlier this year. Over the last few weeks, though, drug users
and overdose prevention advocates have been reporting a significant uptick
in benzo-contaminated drugs being sold as heroin. Learn more
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Powell River latest community to see illicit drugs contaminated by
benzodiazepine
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Just days after Powell River got an overdose prevention site set up, a
warning went out to drug users in the small, coastal community that a bad
batch of drugs was contaminating supply, causing troubling overdose
symptoms. Learn more
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KnowledgeConnect Webinars
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Hepatitis C Education that Works for You!
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Building time for professional development into your work can be
challenging when there's so much to do. This is where CATIE's blended
learning courses can be so great, as they fit into your work with minimal
disruption. Join us July 24 as CATIE's Shelley Taylor talks about the
courses, her travel with different groups on each coast, and how your team
can benefit. Learn more
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Funding and Resources
PHSA Request for Proposals – HIV & Hepatitis C Prevention, Care and
Treatment Services
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The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has issued an RFP for HIV &
Hepatitis C Prevention, Care and Treatment Services. Learn more
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Advocacy, Policy, Public Health Funding and Resources
Hepatitis C: From discovery to elimination in 40 years?
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We are in the midst of an incredibly dynamic moment in the world of
medicine and public health. Hepatitis C research has progressed so rapidly
that the virus could be eliminated as a public health threat only 40 years
after its discovery in 1989. This piece comes from Melisa Dickie of CATIE Learn
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The omission of transgender-related health education is harmful. It
directly contributes to the health inequalities experienced by this group
who are disproportionately affected by a number of health and social
disparities. Here, we share learnings from our own journey to provide
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Ottawa looking at Criminal Code reforms to deter 'shameful' conversion
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Conversion therapy tries to change people's sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression through counselling, medication or religious
observances. Activists say conversion therapy often happens informally in
churches and on a one-on-one basis rather than through more organized
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