HIV Care Round | HIV in New Zealand - a clinicians perspective

HIV in New Zealand - a clinicians perspective

Presenter: Dr. Graham Mills

Audience: General Public

Thursday, May 5, 2016, 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Conference room 7, Providence Level 1, St. Paul's Hospital

Dr. Mill's will discuss the impact of New Zealand's healthcare structure on the way the HIV epidemic has developed. He will emphasize early needle exchange, immigration patterns, PHARMAC (New Zealand's version of PharmaCare) and ART availability.

Speakers' Bio
Dr. Graham Mills, is an Infectious Diseases Physician from Hamilton, New Zealand currently on a two month sabbatical within St Paul's Hospital and the BC-CfE. He has been involved in the management of HIV infection in Australasia for over 25 years and currently cares for 200 patients in his New Zealand clinic. He has a number of publications describing the NZ HIV epidemic and has been a long term member on working groups within the Kirby Institute in Australia. He was also a principal investigator in the SMART study.

This event is approved for 1.0 Mainpro-M1 credit.

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St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.

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