The Positive Effect
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Together, we can end HIV in Canada. Let’s break down barriers to testing and care. And erase stigma. We’re all #thepositiveeffect #leffetpositif… let’s do this!
Read our report, Unmasking Stigma, Mobilizing Resilience: bit.ly/44HoV38
🌐Join a movement uniting people, communities, & countries to raise awareness about HIV & act to end HIV stigma. As HIV Stigma Warriors, we must commit to challenge stereotypes & promote dignity for people living with & affected by HIV. #zerohivstigmaday zerohivstigma.org
New report from @CDNPositive shows that while most Canadians know about HIV, few understand #UequalsU — Undetectable = Untransmittable. This science-backed message means people with HIV on treatment can’t sexually transmit the virus. 🔗 cppn-rcps.ca/cppns-uu-task-… #ZeroHIVStigmaDay
Dear @WHO & @UNAIDS: Join us July 21st for the release of the #ZeroHIVStigmaDay report. 🗓️ Date: Monday, 21 July 2025 🕒 Time: 9:30 am – 11:15 am ET Register Here: zoom.us/webinar/regist… #HIVStigmaWarriors ZeroHIVStigma.org
2023 meta-analysis published in The Lancet Public Health found that perceived stigma was associated with a 45% reduction in #HIV testing uptake and a 30% increase in ART non-adherence. Learn more about this year’s global #ZeroHIVStigmaDay 2025 campaign: ZeroHIVStigma.org
#ZeroHIVStigmaDay: 📢 All the research tells us that stigma is still the main driver of new transmissions. It fuels fear and delays care, undermining global health progress and endangering lives. #FastTrackCitiesLondon #ZeroHIV #HIVAware
“I am HIV positive, but I should not be feared.” On #ZeroHIVStigmaDay hear Ron’s story published through Digital Storytelling project by United Voices of HIV Alberta, with support from @REACHNexusCA & Positive Actions. 🎥positiveeffect.org/blog/overcomin… #ZHSD #UequalsU #HIVStigmaWarriors
@REACHNexusCA is launching a User Experience Study to improve the I’m Ready, Test app that is now live! Survey participants will get a $10 gift card upon completion. Survey runs Jun–Jul 2025. Download the app now at: apps.apple.com/ca/app/im-read… or play.google.com/store/apps/det… #HIVTesting
UPDATE: @medmira Inc. and REACH Nexus are thrilled to announce the early launch of a national clinical trial for MedMira's Multiplo® TP/HIV rapid self-test in Canada! Learn more about how we’re bringing life-saving tools to Canadians: loom.ly/JUM-PHQ
July 21st is fast-approaching! Have you planned how to commemorate this year’s #ZeroHIVStigmaDay? Visit ZeroHIVStigma.org for resources to support you as #HIVStigmaWarriors.
Darsh Maraj, a senior research co-odinator with @REACHNexusCA at @MAP_Health @UnityHealthTO, speaks with CTV News about the launch of the Our North Bay Healthbox which officially launched June 11 thanks to generous support from @CANFAR 🔗loom.ly/H345GPo
A message from Dr. Tim Rutledge, President and CEO of Unity Health Toronto, ahead of Pride Month. unityhealth.to/2025/05/transf…
IN Magazine's June 2025 issue is here! 🌈 During Pride Month, it’s especially important to remember trailblazers like Marsha P. Johnson, a trans icon and one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. IN Magazine's June 2025…
#PrideSeason is here! 🏳️🌈 We honour 2SLGBTQIA+ communities — celebrating truth, visibility & action. To those living/impacted by HIV: we see you, we thank you. Here's to a powerful, joyful Pride. #Loveislove. Always. LEARN MORE: loom.ly/-tvC3cM #Pride2025 #PrideMonth
🚨@OurHealthboxMAP is now officially in Miramichi, New Brunswick 🚨 This marks the 6th Healthbox installation in New Brunswick, made possible through the generous support of @StaplesCanada via #EventheOdds READ MORE: ourhealthbox.ca/post/the-our-m…
Our Healthbox - an innovative "smart" vending machine developed by @UnityHealthTO - launches at Dixon Hall, democratizing access to healthcare with support from @CANFAR and @BMO finance.yahoo.com/news/healthbox…
Dr. Wale Ajiboye, an implementation scientist with REACH Nexus at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions Unity Health Toronto, gives an important talk at #CAHR2025 in Halifax about the urgent need to improve the uptake & awareness of PrEP among Black and Indigenous men in Canada.
Darshanand Maraj, senior research coordinator with REACH Nexus at @MAP_Health at St. Michael’s Hospital (@UnityHealthTO) presented key findings from the Our Healthbox program at #CAHR2025 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. READ MORE: ourhealthbox.ca
ICYMI: @SeanBRourke speaks with @CTVNews about the launch of the @OurHealthboxMAP at St. Boniface Hospital “For the hospital and for the agencies, it is the data in real time that will help understand the clients, the people that are being reached." ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/artic…
The new Our Healthbox at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg is stocked with free HIV testing kits. “They can feel safer to get tested and connected to care and treatment on their own terms,” said Roxanne Ma, VP of National Awareness @CANFAR READ MORE: winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/04/16/hea…
Our Healthbox units that have been visited by close to 10,000 people, over 118,000 times, distributing more than 48,000 supplies—including over 2,000 naloxone kits — to reduce harm, and improve health and wellness. READ MORE: ourhealthbox.ca/post/our-healt… #cdnhealth #healthcare
#TransDayOfVisibility Day of Visibility is March 31! Visibility is vital—but it’s not enough. #Transhealth requires holistic approaches grounded in lived experience, equity with real accountability. Read this important piece from @catienews: loom.ly/clHpZhM
