Important Correction!
If you are on the OHPE Bulletin list, please note: The contact information
given for the National AIDS Clearinghouse in today's Bulletin 7.2
(Resources) is incorrect.
If you want to order copies of any of these publications -- Important News
for Pregnant Women, AIDS and Workplace Policy, or HIV, AIDS and Injection
Drug Use: A National Action Plan -- the correct contact info should be:
NATIONAL AIDS CLEARINGHOUSE (Canadian Public Health Assocation)
Tel: (613) 725-3434;
Fax: (613) 725-1205;
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
(My phone number and extension appeared in the bulletin; if you call me,
I'll try to transfer you to the Clearinghouse, but I can't guarantee you'll
get there. In fact, you'll likely get lost in telephone limbo. So please
call the Clearinghouse directly.)
For those not on the OHPE list, full details follow.
Thanks!
Shelley Banks
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Important News for Pregnant Women
The risk of HIV transmission from an infected woman to the fetus during
pregnancy can be reduced from 25% to 8%. But this prevention strategy only
works if pregnant women know that they have HIV.
"Important News for Pregnant Women" is a brightly coloured, plain language
brochure produced by the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) AIDS
Program to alert pregnant women to the benefits of HIV testing.
It is designed for use in prenatal settings and well-women clinics, and is
also suitable for a low literacy audience.
Copies are available through the National AIDS Clearinghouse:
Tel: (613) 725-3434;
Fax: (613) 725-1205;
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Single copies free; multiple copies at nominal charge.
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AIDS and Workplace Policy
About 45,000 Canadians of working age have been infected with HIV. The
disease strikes during the most productive years of life, and because of
new drug therapies, people with HIV and AIDS are staying in the workforce
longer.
"AIDS and Workplace Policy" is a new document developed by the Canadian
Public Health Association (CPHA) AIDS Program. It provides both background
information about the disease and a model policy for use in organizations
of any size.
For copies, contact the National AIDS Clearinghouse.
Tel: (613) 725-3434;
Fax: (613) 725-1205;
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Single copies free, multiple copies at nominal charge.
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HIV, AIDS and Injection Drug Use: A National Action Plan
The National Task Force on HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use released its
National Action Plan on May 22, 1997. This plan reviews the scope of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic among injection drug users in Canada. It also identifies
the most pressing issues, and highlights strategies and activities designed
to curtail the spread of this disease.
Facts and figures from the Plan:
-- Canada is in the midst of a public health crisis concerning HIV and AIDS
and injection drug use. Studies show a rise in cases of infection from
injection drug use.
-- Between April 1994 and August 1995, the number of known cases of
HIV/AIDS in federal correctional institutions rose by 40 per cent.
-- Heroin continues to be a problem, but the latest trend is cocaine
injection, which has an injection rate up to 20 times per day, higher than
that of heroin.
The National Task Force on HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use was coordinated
by the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) and the Canadian Centre on
Substance Abuse (CCSA).
For copies of the National Action Plan, please contact the National AIDS
Clearinghouse (Canadian Public Health Association).
Tel: (613) 725-3434;
Fax: (613) 725-1205;
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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For more information about any of these resources, please contact the
Clearinghouse.
Thanks!
Shelley
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Shelley Banks, Editor mailto:[log in to unmask]
Canadian AIDS News/ sida : réalités http://www.cpha.ca/
Canadian Public Health Association
400-1565 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1Z 8R1
tel:(613) 725-3769, ext 131; fax: (613) 725-1205
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