October 2, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
A made-in-Canada approach to tackling the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been endorsed by the United Nations for use around the world but has yet to gain the support of the Canadian government.
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
September 25, 2012 – Globe and Mail
The federal government is being sued for not providing clean needles to inmates in prisons – something the former inmate and advocacy groups behind the suit argue not only violates offenders’ right to health care but makes a public health problem worse.
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August 7, 2012 – Globe and Mail
Health Canada has turned down funding for an HIV/AIDS charity for fear it might result in advocacy – an indication of a growing tendency within the Conservative government to steer clear of groups pushing causes out of step with its policies.
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ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY – Globe and Mail
Friday, June 03, 2011
Three decades after AIDS first collided with, then consumed Julio Montaner’s career, he still can’t get his words out quickly enough. He speaks in cascades, with the urgency of someone in danger of losing his audience.
But he has a much easier time getting people to listen to him now than he did even 10 years ago.
AIDS turns 30 this week – a milestone for a shape-shifting disease that specializes in targeting each society’s most powerless populations.
It’s also a milestone for the Argentinean-Canadian doctor, who was the first clinician in Canada to dedicate himself to solving the riddle of HIV/AIDS, long before becoming celebrated internationally as a research pioneer. He’s head of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and past president of the International AIDS Society.
a business of misfits 