A recent study conducted of Aboriginal youth in British Columbia suggests that trauma associated with the residential schools system increases the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among those who inject drugs. The study also warns of a larger epidemic of HCV in the northern area of the province.
In late 2009, the South African government announced that it had approved a new HIV/AIDS policy for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The move means that HIV-positive soldiers will be allowed to serve in foreign deployments and be promoted.
On 23 November 2009, the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) found two citizens of Zimbabwe to be Convention refugees based on their political affiliation with Zimbabwe's opposition party and the impact this had on their access to antiretroviral treatment in Zimbabwe. The refugee claims of their children, who were not infected with the virus, were rejected.
On 15 January 2010, the British Columbia Court of Appeal held that Insite, North America's first supervised injection site, was a provincial undertaking that did not undermine the federal goals of protecting health or eliminating the market that drives drug-related offences. As such, the Court held, the drug possession and trafficking provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) did not apply to it.
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to dismiss a class action suit by individuals who had been notified of possible exposure to tuberculosis and who later required testing has important implications for the public health practice of mounting public notification campaigns to encourage testing to reduce the spread of communicable diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) and HIV.
Following an inquest into the 2007 death of a young man in his twenties who had died from AIDS-related causes while serving a sentence in an Ontario correctional facility, a jury issued a number of recommendations to improve the treatment and care of HIV-positive individuals in prison.
A four-year, $48 million pilot program called "Seek and Treat" was recently launched by the government of British Columbia to improve access to treatment and care among hard-to-reach communities, including sex workers, injecting drug users and aboriginal people. The project will operate in Prince George and in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
In addition to being the targets of frequent discrimination and violence,African men who have sex with men (MSM) are being hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Although there is still insufficient research regarding the methods of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, several studies show that the prevalence of HIV infection among MSM is more than ten times higher than among the general population.
On 31 December 2009, the Federal Court allowed the judicial review application of Ricardo Companioni and his common-law partner on the basis that the ability and willingness of the applicants to defray the cost of their out-patient prescription drug medications is a relevant consideration in assessing whether the demands presented by an applicant's health condition constitute an "excessive demand".
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