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HIV/AIDS - Epi Updates
Cat. HP37-7/2007E-PDF |
November 2007
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 November 2007 edition of HIV/AIDS Epi Updates.
The Centre conducts national surveillance and research on the epidemiology and laboratory science related to HIV/ AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. 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 also at our Web site: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aidssida/publication/index-eng.php. The HIV/AIDS Epi Updates are complementary to other Centre materials, which are also available at the Web site.
Sincerely,
Chris Archibald MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC
Director
Table of Contents
| 1 | National HIV Prevalence and Incidence Estimates for 2005 |
| 2 | Prevalent HIV Infections in Canada: More Than a Quarter May Not Be Diagnosed |
| 3 | HIV Testing and Infection Reporting in Canada |
| 4 | HIV/AIDS Among Youth in Canada |
| 5 | HIV/AIDS Among Women in Canada |
| 6 | HIV/AIDS Among Older Canadians |
| 7 | Perinatal Transmission of HIV |
| 8 | HIV/AIDS Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: A Continuing Concern |
| 9 | HIV/AIDS Among MSM in Canada |
| 10 | HIV/AIDS Among People Who Inject Drugs in Canada |
| 11 | Risk Behaviours Among People Who Inject Drugs in Canada |
| 12 | HIV/AIDS in Canada Among Persons from Countries where HIV is Endemic |
| 13 | HIV-1 Strain Surveillance in Canada |
| 14 | Primary HIV Antiretroviral Drug Resistance in Canada |
| 15 | HIV/AIDS in Canadian Prisons |
| 16 | HIV/AIDS and Associated Co-infections |
| Glossary |
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. We are grateful to the researchers across Canada who share their research findings with us in a timely manner for inclusion in the Epi Updates.
The Epi Update entitled “HIV/AIDS in Canadian Prisons” was prepared in collaboration with the Health Services Sector, Correctional Service Canada, represented by Jonathan M. Smith and Mary Beth Pongrac, and the Community Acquired Infections Division (CAID), Public Health Agency of Canada, represented by, in alphabetic order, Katherine Dinner, Lisa Hansen, Gayatri Jayaraman, Rhonda Kropp, Robert Lerch, Andrea Saunders, and Tom Wong. Staff of CAID also collaborated on the production of the Epi Update entitled “HIV/AIDS and Associated Coinfections”. We gratefully acknowledge the significant contribution of these persons.
We also thank Web Site and Intranet Operations, Public Health Agency of Canada, for its contribution in helping us host the report on the Internet.
Finally, we would also like to acknowledge the contribution made by Marion Pogson, Pamela A. Fitch, and Robert Friedman in editing, translating and developing layouts of the report.
N.B. This document must be cited as the source of any information extracted and used from it. Suggested citation: Public Health Agency of Canada. HIV/AIDS Epi Updates, November 2007, Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2007. |
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
| Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division | Tel.: (613) 954-5169 |
| Fax: (613) 957-2842 |
Division personnel who contribute to the production of the Epi Updates are noted below:
| Director | Dr. Chris Archibald, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC |
| Executive Assistant | Moheenee Soondrum |
| HIV/AIDS Surveillance Section | |
| Manager | Jennifer Geduld, MHSc, BSc |
| Senior Epidemiologist | Jenni Vik, MHSc |
| Senior Surveillance Analyst | Julie Stokes,BSc |
| Research Analyst | Kristina Lalonde, BMath |
| Surveillance Officer | Bruce Tudin, MA, BES |
| Surveillance Analyst | Stéphane Racette |
| HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Section | |
| HIV/AIDS Epidemiologist | Dr. Yogesh Choudhri, MD, MPH |
| HIV/AIDS Epidemiologist | Jill Tarasuk, MSc |
| Senior Epidemiologist | David Boulos, MSc, BSc, BA |
| HIV/AIDS Epidemiologist | Dana Paquette, MSc |
| Surveillance Analyst | Mark Vanderkloot, BA |
| Research Assistant | Farrah Ali, BA |
| Surveillance Officer | Mitulika Chawla, MSc |
| Research Assistant | Kristy Kirkup |
| HIV Drug Resistance and Field Surveillance Section | |
| A/Manager | Marianna Ofner-Agostini, PhD(c), MHSc, BScN, RN |
| Research Analyst | Neil J Goedhuis, BSc |
| Field Surveillance Officer | Tracey MacDonald, BN, MN, CMHN |
| Field Surveillance Officer | Claudia Rank, MPH, BSc |
| Field Surveillance Officer | Michelyn Wood, MSc, BSc |
| Field Surveillance Officer | Laura Thompson, BSc |
| Field Surveillance Officer | Erin Laing, BSc |
| Field Surveillance Officer | Sabrina Plitt, PhD |
| Field Surveillance Officer | Elsie Wong, MBA, BSN |
