CTN Investigators Drs. Naveed Janjua (Canadian lead) and Sofia Bartlett, along with a team of researchers from Canada…
A new CTN study investigates how exposure to HIV and antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy could have long-term effects for the millions of kids who were born to mothers living with HIV, but who did not acquire the virus themselves
Our Resource Library is a place to share documents, videos, and training resources about HIV and STBBI research and related topics.
This guide aims to reduce stigma by offering strategies that facilitate safer and more respectful discussions about sexual health, substance use and STBBIs between service providers and clients. The guide also offers ways to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of STBBIs.
Trauma- and violence-informed care (TVIC) is a framework that helps individuals and organizations provide safe and inclusive sexual health, substance use and STBBI-related services. TVIC reduces service barriers and promotes strategies and changes in organizations to result in more caring, compassionate, person-centered and non-judgmental care.
While exclusive formula feeding remains the preferred recommendation for infants born to women living with HIV in high-income countries, a more nuanced approach that may include the option of breastfeeding under certain circumstances is emerging in many resource-rich countries.
The objective of the Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines is to provide clinical information and recommendations for health care providers to assist Canadians affected by HIV with their fertility, preconception, and pregnancy planning decisions.
This course aims to develop in-depth knowledge on the treatment of hepatitis C for frontline service providers. Participants will gain information on the benefits of treatment and an overview of what treatment for hepatitis C typically includes.
This course aims to develop in-depth knowledge of HIV treatment for frontline service providers. Participants learn how HIV treatment works in the body, what being on HIV treatment means, how HIV develops drug resistance and how to support clients with adherence.
This tool assists organizations in identifying the policy, environmental and cultural factors that contribute to the reduction of stigma and, in turn, creating settings where clients feel welcomed and respected when seeking care.
This psychometrically validated tool, based on the Health Care Provider HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale, offers several questions to help front-line health and social service providers reflect on their own attitudes, values and beliefs related to STBBIs.
The CTN+ supports clinical trials, implementation science projects, and non-interventional research of the highest scientific and ethical standards.
An open-label individual-level randomized controlled trial to compare point of care HCV RNA testing and nurse-led rapid treatment initiation to standard of care to enhance treatment uptake in persons with hepatitis C in a transient correctional setting
Falls in older persons with HIV: Frequency, risk factors and feasibility of a future interventional trial
Exploring the role of the soluble glycoprotein 120 as a pan-toxin driving immune dysfunction and accelerated aging in people living with HIV
Placebo-controlled randomized trial of tecovirimat in non-hospitalized patients with Mpox: Canadian Feasibility Study
Our researchers and trainees have produced hundreds of peer-reviewed publications in a wide range of HIV- and STBBI-related areas.