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Access to HIV/AIDS and HCV treatment A Collaborative Response by a Mosaic of Interdisciplinary Efforts
+ Direction 1801st Low Threshold Methadone
Maintenance Program in Atlantic Canada
+People we serve
+ A Call to Action
Homelessness
HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and B abscess wounds
Mental Health Issues
Overdose
Endocarditis
Severed connections with family and friends
Involvement with criminal justice
Marginalized population
High Risk Behaviours
+Our Response
North End Community Health Care Centre
MOSH
Mainline Needle Exchange
Hepatitis Outreach Society of Nova Scotia
AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS
AIRN - Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network forSocial and Behavioral Issues in Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS
Capital District Health Authority – Communicable Disease Control
A Holistic Approach Employing the Determinants of Health
+Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH) MOSH provides accessible primary health care
services to people who are homeless, insecurely housed, street involved and underserved in our community. The MOSH team is a collaborative primary health care team of two full-time nurses, half- time occupational therapist, half-time administrative support and 12 hrs of physician care per week.
Patti Melanson
Rick Swaine
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Supporting people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia
+Capital District Health Authority –Communicable Disease Control
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“Speaking truth to power” Friend Milton Mayer, 1955
+ HepNS – Hepatitis Outreach Society of Nova Scotia
+ Mainline Needle Exchange
Diane Bailey
+AIRN - Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network forSocial and Behavioral Issues in Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS
Sarah Peddle
Susan Kirkland
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300 client wait list of 6 months to 3 years
+Brainstorming to Overcome Obstacles
+Transit Strike – Opportunity for Pilot
+Fairview – Vision for Expansion
Thwarted by Community Opposition
+Obstacles and Opposition Stigma and Discrimination
+Bailey Bus - Broadening Access, Improving Lives, Engaging You
+A Sign of Hope for Community Understanding and Acceptance