The 1st Canadian HIV/HBV/HCV Co-infection Research Summit, held in Toronto on October 30th-31st, 2010, was organized by the Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC) in partnership with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), Canadian Hemophilia Society, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE),Canadian Institute of HIV Research (CIHR), Gilead Sciences, Merck Canada, MAC AIDS Fund, Ontario AIDS Bureau, Public Health Agency of Canada, as well as researchers and community-based organizations. CTAC would like to thank its co-chairs Colleen Price, Dr. Marina Klein, and Randy Jackson.

The Summit was a landmark multidisciplinary gathering that invited and ensured equal participation from people living with HIV and HBV/HCV co-infection, general practitioners, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, epidemiologists and others involved with the substantial scientific and therapeutic challenges of individuals living with co-infection.  Other participants included frontline workers, government employees, people working in community organizations and correctional settings, and pharmaceutical industry representatives. All delegates were highly engaged in reviewing the latest research and examining gaps in research, policy, and support service delivery.

With the input of close to 100 delegates from across Canada, CTAC and its partners were able to generate preliminary research questions in each of the five research tracks; 1) Clinical and Epidemiology Research; 2) Clinical Service Delivery; 3) Socio-Behavioural Research; 4) Support Service Delivery; and 5) Social Policy Research.

Please use this page to navigate through the Summit presentations, Final Report, and other materials that were made available during and after the Summit.

To review the Summit Roadmap of HIV Co-infection Research, please click here.

Below are presentations from the 2010 Co--Infection Summit in Toronto.

Canadian Co-Infection Cohort Study_Klein.pdf
Conceptual Approaches in Framing Social Policy_Gahagan.pdf
Discussing Challenges and Successes of Community Engagement_Peent_Peschka.pdf
East Toronto Hep C Program_Sockalingam.pdf
HIV-HCV Co-Infection Findings and Implications from a Scoping Review_Wilson.pdf
Ontario Co-Infection Services Survey_Cooper.pdf
Overview of Co-Infection Epidemiology in Canada_Remis.pdf
Social  Behavioural Research Co-infection_Millson.pdf
1st Summit What Business are YOU in.pdf
Talking Circles To Deepen Communication.pdf
Speaker Presentations and Bios.pdf


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