HIV/AIDS - Epi Updates - 2005

Mission

May 2005
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To promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health.

Public Health Agency of Canada

This document is available:

By mail	Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Public Health Agency of Canada Tunney’s Pasture Address locator: 0602B Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0K9
Or from	HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse Canadian Public Health Association 1565 Carling Avenue, Suite 400 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Z 8R1 Tel.: (613) 725-3434, Fax: (613) 725-1205
By internet	HIV/AIDS Epi Updates can be assessed electronically in either official language via the Internet at www.phac-aspc.gc.ca.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Health (2005)

Cat. H121-5/2005E ISBN 0-662-40424-6

(On-line) Cat. H121-5/2005E-PDF ISBN 0-662-40425-4

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Acknowledgements

National level HIV and AIDS surveillance is possible as a result of all provinces and territories participating in, and setting directions for, HIV and AIDS surveillance. Accordingly, the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control acknowledges the provincial/territorial HIV/AIDS coordinators, public health units, laboratories, health care providers and reporting physicians for providing the non-nominal confidential data that enable this report to be published. Without their close collaboration and participation in HIV and AIDS surveillance, the publication of this report would not have been possible. The Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control also acknowledges the contributions of many researchers, community members, and nongovernmental organizations, including the Canadian AIDS Society, for their valuable inputs and comments during the preparation of this report.

Information to the readers of HIV/AIDS Epi Updates

The Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division of the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, is pleased to provide you with the May 2005 publication of HIV/AIDS Epi Updates.

The Centre conducts national surveillance and research on the epidemiology and laboratory science related to HIV/AIDS. As part of this mandate, HIV/AIDS Epi Updates are compiled on an annual basis to summarize recent trends and developments related to the HIV epidemic in Canada.

All Epi Updates are available at the address noted above and : The HIV/AIDS Epi Updates are complementary to other Centre materials, which are also available at the website. Sincerely,

Chris Archibald MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC

Director

Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division	Tel.: (613) 954-5169
	Fax: (613) 946-8695

Division personnel who contribute to the production of the Epi Updates are noted below:

Director	Chris Archibald, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC
Executive Assistant	Moheenee Soondrum
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Section
Contractor	Yogesh Choudhri, MD, MPH
Surveillance Officer	Stephen Cule, BSc
Contractor	Tony Bove-Dallas
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Section
Manager	Jennifer Geduld, MHSc, BSc
Senior Research Analyst	Jennifer Pennock, MSc, BSc
Research Analyst	Chris Sheardown, BA
Surveillance Officer	Bruce Tudin, MA, BES
Surveillance Analyst	Caroline Chevalier, BSc
Surveillance Analyst	Stéphane Racette
HIV Drug Resistance and Field Surveillance Section
Senior Field Surveillance Officer	Tig Shafto, PhD
Senior Epidemiologist	Gayatri Jayaraman, PhD, MPH
Research Analyst	Neil Goedhuis, BSc
Field Surveillance Officer	Elsie Wong, MBA, BSN
Field Surveillance Officer	Michelyn Wood, MS, BS
Field Surveillance Officer	Sonia Harmen, MAppS, BSc
Field Surveillance Officer	Jane Njihia, MHSc, BSc, RN
Field Surveillance Officer	Tracey MacDonald, BN, MN, CMHN
Contractor	Sabrina Plitt, PhD

Table of Contents

1	National HIV Prevalence and Incidence Estimates for 2002
2	Prevalent HIV Infections in Canada: 30% May Not Be Diagnosed
3	HIV Testing and Infection Reporting in Canada
4	HIV and AIDS among Youth in Canada
5	HIV and AIDS among Women in Canada
6	HIV/AIDS among Older Canadians
7	Perinatal Transmission of HIV
8	Ethnicity Reporting for AIDS and HIV in Canada: Aboriginal and Black Communities Demand Attention
9	HIV/AIDS among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: A Continuing Concern
10	HIV Infections among MSM in Canada
11	HIV/AIDS among Injecting Drug Users in Canada
12	Risk Behaviours among Injecting Drug Users in Canada
13	Oral Sex and the Risk of HIV Transmission
14	HIV-1 Strain Surveillance in Canada
15	Primary HIV Anti-retroviral Drug Resistance in Canada
16	Nonoxynol-9 and the Risk of HIV Transmission
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