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Canada's Report on HIV/AIDS 2005
List of Acronyms
ACAP |
AIDS Community Action Program |
| ACCHO | African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario |
CAAN |
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network |
CAHR |
Canadian Association for HIV Research |
CAS |
Canadian AIDS Society |
CATIE |
Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange |
| CHARAC | CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Advisory Committee |
CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
CPHA |
Canadian Public Health Association |
CSHA |
Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS |
CTAC |
Canadian Treatment Action Council |
CTN |
Canadian HIV Trials Network |
CWGHR |
Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation |
FNIHB |
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (Health Canada) |
FPT AIDS |
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Advisory Committee on AIDS |
IAD |
International Affairs Directorate (Health Canada) |
IAVI |
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
ICAD |
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development |
IDU |
Injection drug use/users |
| LGV | Lymphogranuloma venereum |
MSM |
Men who have sex with men |
NACHA |
National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS |
NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
NPNU |
Alberta Non-Prescription Needle-Use |
| PASAN | Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network |
| PHAC | Public Health Agency of Canada |
STI |
Sexually transmitted infection |
UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
WHO |
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This report is intended to inform the HIV/AIDS community, the Canadian public and parliamentarians of the current realities of HIV/AIDS, of progress that has been made in Canada in responding to the epidemic, and of 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 the Minister of Health's obligation to report annually to Treasury Board on the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada.
Canada's Report on HIV/AIDS 2005 covers the period April 2004 to March 2005. However, information on significant events or activities that took place between March 2005 and World AIDS Day (December 1, 2005) may also be included. The information in this report was provided by national stakeholders in Canada's HIV/AIDS community, including federal government departments and agencies and non-governmental organizations. Although the majority of activities described in the report are funded through federal resources under the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada, efforts have been made to provide additional information on HIV/AIDS-related activities funded from other federal sources, including the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Foreign Affairs Canada.
