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Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) recently became the fifteenth (15th) organization to sign the HCV Manifesto (http://hepcbc.bchep.org/hcv-manifesto/ . This document, more than simply a list of “rights” transforms the principles developed by persons with HIV/AIDS: GIPA/MIPA (Greater and more Meaningful Involvement of Persons with AIDS in their own care, in the governance of organizations which speak for and support them, and in the broader society as well), and “Nothing About Us Without Us” into similar principles for persons with hepatitis C. It was co-developed in 2014 by the Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC), HepCBC, and CAPAHC (French version).
If, after reading the Manifesto at the above webpage, your organization also wishes to publicly commit to supporting its principles, send an email to info@hepcbc.bchep.org “ATTN Manifesto” from your executive and your organization’s name will be added to the “ILLUSTRIOUS!” list of organizational signers below.
- AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society (ANKORS)
- AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI)
- ASK Wellness Society (ASK)
- BLOOM CLINIC of the Bramalea Community Health Centre in the Region of Peel, Ontario
- Canadian AIDS Society (CAS)
- Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)
- Canadian Hemophilia Society | Société canadienne de l’hémophilie (CHS)
- Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (AIDSLAW)
- Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC)
- Centre Associatif Polyvalent d’Aide Hépatite C (CAPAHC)
- HEPCBC Hepatitis C Education and Prevention Society
- Pacific Aids Network (PAN)
- Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
- Positive Living Fraser Valley Society (PLFV)
- Vancouver Island Persons with AIDS Society (VIPWAS)
Congratulations to PAN and all the other organizational signers for making this commitment. And all the best as we move forward together confronting the challenges of HCV affecting almost 300,000 people in Canada plus their friends and families – and millions more worldwide.