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HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
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PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATUREHIV treatments, vaccines, and microbicides: toward coordinated advocacyCANADIAN NEWSQuébec: An outbreak of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discriminationAlberta: New bill will allow for mandatory HIV testing in emergency situationsMedia frenzy...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
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PDF
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Report
This report presents seven stories of community mobilization. They include:Improving Relations Between the GLBT Community and the Ottawa Police;Fighting to Keep Disability Benefits in Ontario;Addressing Barriers that Put Women in B.C. at Risk;Building a Sense of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
The Importance of Privacy of Health Information for People Living with HIV/AIDSPrivacy, Confidentiality, and Privilege: Related Legal ConceptsLegal Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality in Canadian LawPrivacy PrinciplesLimits on Privacy and Confidentiality of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
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PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This report presents a plan of action for Canada to prevent, reduce, and eliminate stigma and discrimination in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.The plan of action covers five broad areas:participation of people living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable to HIVtackling...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
Canada is facing a public health crisis with respect to injection drug use. Rates of blood borne infections among people who inject drugs increased during the 1990s at an alarming rate. By 1996, almost half of all new HIV diagnoses were in people who inject drugs....
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
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PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This info sheet is one in a series of seven info sheets on the federal regulation of pharmaceutical prices in Canada.Health Spending and the Pharmaceutical IndustryControlling Medicine Prices: Evolution of Canadian LawPatented Medicine Prices Review BoardPreventing...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESStill underground: searching for progress in realizing the human rights of women in prostitutionSteps forward, backward, and sideways: Canada’s bill on exporting generic pharmaceuticalsEDITORIALHigh time to vastly scale up action on...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The tool was prepared with reference to Government of Canada policies and practices, and the primary audience is program staff in Canada innon-governmental development organizationscommunity based AIDS organizationsthe private sectorwho prepare funding proposals, and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2003
This Q&A answers some common questions about patents and international trade agreements. The rules on drug patents in international trade agreements and domestic laws affect the availability and affordability of medicines. This document explains the connection...
