Category Archive

Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “antiretroviral therapy”

“I walk because there is work to be done” – Why Mark walks in the Calgary AIDS Walk & Run.

Alisha Ostberg September 6, 2019antiretroviral therapy, Blog, events, HEAT, human rights, living with HIV, personal story, stigma

HIV Community Link’s HEAT Program Coordinator Mark Randall shares why he walks every year in the Calgary AIDS Walk & Run. The AIDS Walk is a 3 month long fundrasier, that raises money for HIV …

Join Us for Our Testing, Tea Dance and BBQ Events

Alisha Ostberg July 11, 2017antiretroviral therapy, Blog, condoms, Gay Men, harm reduction, HEAT, MSM, STIs

For many in the LGBTQ* community, the “Tea Dance” may not be something that is well known in the modern world of circuit parties, LGBTQ* night clubs and private dance parties. From resorts to cruise …

What You Need to Know…

Alisha Ostberg April 2, 2015antiretroviral therapy, Blog, harm reduction, living with HIV, prevention, research, support, testing, treatment

At HIV Community Link we are committed to staying up-to-date on the latest and greatest information and trends affecting our work and the communities we serve. One way we do this is through our new series: What You Need to Know. The first four topics in this series are based on the most common and frequently asked questions we receive in-person, online, by phone, email and social media. Get in touch with all your questions – we’re the LINK!

2 Months or a Year – HCV Treatment Improvements

Alisha Ostberg March 13, 2015antiretroviral therapy, Blog, harm reduction, stigma, STIs, testing, treatment

New direct-acting Antivirals are changing chronic Hepatitis C treatment for the better. Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment has gone from a once exhausting 48 weeks duration to as a little as 8 weeks with a 95% sustained virologic response (SVR). SVR is defined as a viremia (the presence of viruses in the blood) 24 weeks after completion of antiviral therapy for chronic HCV infection (. In analyses of SVR durability, the incidence of late relapse is extremely low, less than 1%.

New Technologies are Changing the Dynamics of HIV Risk

Alisha Ostberg January 27, 2015antiretroviral therapy, Blog, condoms, Gay Men, harm reduction, HEAT, living with HIV, MSM, prevention, safer sex

Is a person who does not know their HIV status or who has never been tested pose a higher risk for HIV transmission due to their unknown or assumed HIV negative status than a person on TasP with controlled virus or on PreP and known HIV status? These are some of the questions being raised as a result of these new and emerging technologies.