On Wednesday, April 5, Vancouver Police and City of Vancouver staff began their most recent decampment of people and their housing structures from the Downtown Eastside. Bystanders estimated at least 100 police officers made their way to East Hastings Street and blocked off a large area, preventing …
BC Hepatitis Network Blog
World Social Work Day: Connections with Viral Hepatitis
“Ugh… always lube everywhere,” I mutter under my breath as I lower and lift my sticky hands off my cars steering wheel. I’ve just finished the current cohort’s education session on HIV and hepatitis C at the local treatment center, and part of the education includes safer sex. Internal condoms (one …
Vancouver Hep C & HIV Support Group for Women, Gender-Fluid and Non-Binary Folks
Meet others living with hep C or HIV! Friend of BCHN, Flo, is facilitating a peer support group for women, gender fluid, and non-binary folks in Vancouver. This will be a peer driven group developed by the members and what they need! We are aiming to make the group both educational and self-care …