HIV/AIDS

This is a photo of the Academic Quadrangle at the SFU Burnaby campus. Outside of the building, its a sunny day and there are students sitting on benches.
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SFU professor challenging health inequities for communities affected by HIV

Peak Web January 19, 2023

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer SFU’s health science associate professor, Angela Kaida, is leading a global research program that investigates health inequities experienced by women and youth affected by HIV. In regards to treatment access, Kaida found “HIV and the clinical features of the virus often play a smaller role in influencing sexual and reproductive health compared with other social determinants of health, including the impacts of socio-structural environments and political decision making.”  Kaida has a personal understanding of the effects of HIV. She was born in Kenya, and saw the impacts HIV had on her family members across East…

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an individual in a blue shirt and black pants is sitting down with his arm outstretched. A doctor wearing white gloves is applying pressure to his arm with gauze. The individual is donating blood.
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Canadian Blood Services adopts inclusive screening practices

Peak Web May 17, 2022

By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer Canadian Blood Sevices (CBS) has announced that by September 30, 2022, queer men will be eligible to donate blood. Previously, gay and bisexual men were not eligible to donate blood if they had been sexually involved…

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