Canada's Report on HIV/AIDS 2003

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List of Acronyms

ACAP

AIDS Community Action Program

ACAS

Asian Community AIDS Services

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ASHAC

Aboriginal Strategy on HIV/AIDS in Canada

ASO

AIDS service organization

CAAN

Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network

CAHR

Canadian Association for HIV Research

CANFAR

Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research

CANVAC

Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

CAS

Canadian AIDS Society

CATIE

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

CBR

Community-based research

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency

CIDPC

Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (Health Canada)

CIHR

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

CMEC

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada

CPHA

Canadian Public Health Association

CSC

Correctional Service Canada

CSHA

Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS

CTAC

Canadian Treatment Action Council

CTN

Canadian HIV Trials Network

CWGHR

Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation

DFAIT

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

DPED

Departmental Program Evaluation Division (Health Canada)

FNIHB

First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (Health Canada)

FPT

AIDS Federal/Provincial/Territorial Advisory Committee on AIDS

FPT Corrections

Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Corrections Health Services Committee

GHRI

Global Health Research Initiative

GIPA

Greater Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS

HAART

Highly active antiretroviral therapy

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HRDC

Human Resources Development Canada

IAD

International Affairs Directorate (Health Canada)

IAVI

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

ICAD

Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development

ICASO

International Council of AIDS Service Organizations

IDU

Injection drug use

MAG-net

Microbicides Advocacy Group Network

MOU

Memorandum of understanding

MSM

Men who have sex with men

NACASO

North American Council of AIDS Service Organizations

NACHA

National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS

NGO

Non-governmental organization

PASAN

Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network

RFA

Request for applications

RFP

Request for proposals

RTA

Research technical assistant

STI

Sexually transmitted infection

TAP

Tugela AIDS Program

UN

United Nations

UNAIDS

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNGASS

United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS

WHO

World Health Organization

Foreword

This report is intended to inform the HIV/AIDS community, the Canadian public and parliamentarians about the current realities of HIV/AIDS, about progress that has been made in Canada in responding to the epidemic, and about the challenges that lie ahead. This report will also help inform international audiences of Canada's domestic and global response to HIV/AIDS. Finally, it meets Health Canada's obligation to report annually to Treasury Board on the CSHA.

Canada's Report on HIV/AIDS 2003 covers the period from April 2002 to March 2003. Information on significant events or activities that have taken place since March 2003 is also contained in the report. The information in this report was gathered through interviews with representatives of national partners in the CSHA. Although the majority of activities described in the report are funded through the CSHA, efforts have been made to provide additional information on HIV/AIDS-related activities funded through other federal sources, including the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).

To better represent the reality of HIV/AIDS in Canada and internationally, Health Canada interviewed three individuals whose experiences and perceptions are described in short feature articles. These vignettes are intended to give readers a glimpse of how specific individuals have been affected by HIV/AIDS; they are not intended to make broad or definitive statements about any vulnerable population group or about those working in the field. This report also includes a feature on innovative HIV/AIDS outreach strategies and programs,

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