Month: March 2023

Although African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) patients make up only 4.7% of Ontario’s population, they represent 30% of Canada’s population living with HIV, and 25% of all new HIV cases in Canada. Rates of new HIV infections can be brought down with HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication that has proven extremely effective at preventing HIV infections when it is taken correctly. Unfortunately, PrEP uptake remains insufficient, especially amongst at-risk individuals. Moreover, most research concerning PrEP tends to focus on improving adherence to PrEP and little is known about the decisions ACB patients make while they are considering whether to start a PrEP regimen.

Given that ACB communities living with HIV are often over-researched with very little perceptible benefit towards the community, boundaries and guidelines are required when researching this heavily marginalized community.

The African, Caribbean and Black Chapter of the Toronto-to-Zero Initiative

Strengthening Providers’ Capacity for Best Practices in African, Caribbean and Black Community Service Provision

To increase Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among African, Caribbean and Canadian Black (ACB) men who have sex with men (MSM), the HiFi lab’s Evidence 4 Action team will be partnering with the Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance in a knowledge translation-based project