Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Report: People from Countries where HIV is Endemic - Black people of African and Caribbean descent living in Canada

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Acknowledgements

PHAC would like to acknowledge the individuals, population representatives, community representatives, researchers and government offi cials who contributed their time, expertise and experience to the development of this population-specifi c HIV/AIDS status report. Special mention goes to consultants Dionne A. Falconer from DA Falconer & Associates Inc, Joni Campbell, Dr. Lynne Leonard, Dr. Robert Remis, and to PHAC staff in the Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control (CCDIC), as well as regional staff for their insightful contributions at various stages of the report.

Working Group Members

PHAC also acknowledges and thanks working group members for their exceptional commitment and for ensuring that this report accurately reflects the reality of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among people from countries where HIV is endemic.

• Dr. Alix Adrien, Direction de santé publique, Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal (Public Health Branch, Montreal Health and Social Services Agency) (Montreal, QC)
• David Boulos, Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, CCDIC, PHAC (Ottawa, ON)
• Nalda Callender, National Congress of Black Women Foundation (Vancouver, B.C.)
• Dr. David Divine, Dalhousie University (Halifax, N.S.)
• Anita Fervaha, Ontario Nunavut Region, PHAC (Toronto, ON)
• Jennifer Gunning, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Ottawa, ON)
• Marie-Anésie Harérimana (Alternate: Jérémie Butoyi and Vincent Vegetarian), Centre de ressources et d’interventions en santé et sexualité^vii (Health and Sexuality Resources and Intervention Centre) (Montreal, QC)
• Alain Houde, HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs Division, CCDIC, PHAC (Ottawa, ON)
• Arlene Hunte, Calgary Health Region (Calgary, AB)
• Michael O’Connor, Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (Ottawa, ON)
• Dr. Robert Remis, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
• Wangari Tharao, African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS, Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre (Toronto, ON)
• Geneviève Tremblay, HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs Division, CCDIC, PHAC (Ottawa, ON)

List of Acronyms and Initialisms

• ACCHO - African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario
• AIDS - Acquired immunodefi ciency syndrome
• ARV(s) - Antiretroviral(s) (treatment)
• CAHR - Canadian Association of HIV Research
• CAS - Canadian AIDS Society
• CCDIC - Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
• CHTN - Canadian HIV Trials Network
• CIC - Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• CIHR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• F/P/T AIDS - Federal/Provincial/Territorial Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS
• HIV - Human immunodefi ciency virus
• HR - Hetero High-risk heterosexual (exposure category)
• ICAD - Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
• IDU(s) - People who inject drugs / Injecting drug user(s)
• IME - Immigration Medical Examination
• LR - Hetero Low-risk heterosexual (exposure category)
• MSM - Men who have sex with men
• OHTN - Ontario HIV Treatment Network
• PHAC - Public Health Agency of Canada
• PLWHA - People living with HIV/AIDS
• SRAD - Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division
• SSHRC - Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

^vii The Centre de ressources et d’interventions en santé et sexualité no longer exists.

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