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Canadian AIDS Society. The Canadian AIDS Society ( CAS) is a national charitable organization dedicated to advocating for AIDS Service Organizations across Canada. Established in 1987 amidst the growing HIV/AIDS crisis and an inadequate governmental response, CAS initially began as a grassroots movement and later formalized into a coalition ...
AIDS Vancouver, founded in early 1983, is recognized as one of the first community-based non-profit AIDS organizations in Canada, responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the Vancouver area. Led by co-founders Gordon Price, Noah Stewart, Dr. Mike Maynard, Daryl Nelson, and Ron Alexander Slater, the organization has aimed to provide support ...
The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) is the only national charitable foundation that raises awareness to generate funds for research into all aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. Since inception in 1987, [1] CANFAR has invested more than $26 million in research initiatives across Canada, and supported close to 575 distinct research ...
HIV/AIDS was first detected in Canada in 1982. [ 1][ 2] In 2018, there were approximately 62,050 people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada. [ 3] It was estimated that 8,300 people were living with undiagnosed HIV in 2018. [ 3] Mortality has decreased due to medical advances against HIV/AIDS, especially highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
The Dr. Peter Diaries, documenting his experiences living with AIDS Peter Jepson-Young , M.D. (June 8, 1957 – November 15, 1992), better known as Dr. Peter , was a Canadian medical doctor who promoted HIV/AIDS awareness and education in the early 1990s through his regular segment on CBC Television news broadcasts called The Dr. Peter Diaries .
The HIV Legal Network (formerly the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network) is Canada's leading advocacy organization working on the legal and human rights issues raised by HIV and AIDS. The organization actively promotes the human rights of people living with and vulnerable to HIV and AIDS , in Canada and internationally, through research and ...
HOYMAS (Health Options for Young Men on HIV/AIDS/STI) 2009 Kenya: Male sex work led organisation [72] that is an Aidfonds partner. [73] Jeunes Feministes Engagees Pour Le Changement Kenya: Based in Malindi. [74] KESWA (Kenya Sex Workers Alliance) 2010 Kenya: Umbrella body of sex workers organizations in Kenya. [75] Kisauni Peer Educators: Mombasa
In the 1990s, people living with AIDS would be expected to take up to 20 individual pills at set schedules throughout the day. The average lifespan for someone infected with the disease was ...