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“Hey guys!” proclaimed a recent Facebook post from the Health Initiative for Men (HIM). “Well, we're making it official: U=U! … UNDETECTABLE=UNINFECTIOUS!”
The big news unveiled by the Vancouver gay men’s health organization may come as a surprise to anyone unfamiliar with the latest studies into how HIV is transmitted. But it has major implications, far beyond the LGBTQ community to anyone concerned about the virus.
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One of the signatories to the global consensus letter is Vancouver’s own Dr. Julio Montaner, who directs the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and is the Physician Program Director for HIV/AIDS at Providence Health Care.
David P. Ball reports
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Although many of our clients are marginalized, burdened by poverty and isolated by addiction and mental illness, these are just folks getting through the day the best way they know how. And in general they manage adequately, day-to-day.
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Dr. Scott MacDonald, Providence Crosstown Clinic