by CAYR Community Connections | Nov 22, 2019 | Blog Archive
It’s about awareness; It’s about advocacy; It’s about acceptance; It’s about change; We need to change our outlook and ideas. The AIDS Committee of York Region holds an annual #RedforChange campaign to promote awareness and fight the surrounding stigma of HIV...
by CAYR Community Connections | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog Archive
HIV is not what it used to be. Many people with HIV describe it as a chronic condition and a manageable part of their life. HIV prevention is not what it used to be, either. The simultaneous rise of “undetectable equals untransmittable” (U=U) and pre-exposure...
by CAYR Community Connections | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog Archive
Poverty, stigma and criminalization are chronic problems among people who use and inject drugs. But hepatitis C virus (HCV) is no longer such a problem, since it is usually cured by eight to 12 weeks of oral, direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). Delivering DAAs to people...
by CAYR Community Connections | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog Archive
So it has been reported by CMHA that fifty-eight percent of Canadians report “overload” associated with their many roles that they take on. It isn’t that surprising to read this, what with financial burdens, family issues, and just the fast pace of life almost out...
by CAYR Community Connections | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog Archive
Is workplace Health and Safety being taken as seriously as it should be? I think everyone is concerned about it to some degree, and it definitely varies depending on the type of work being done of course. It is talked about, signs are put up onto a board, and...
by CAYR Community Connections | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog Archive
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is simply a virus that attempts to take over the immune system, and in doing so, if left untreated can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), an umbrella term used to define a set of symptoms that signals that the immune...
