{"id":58331,"date":"2015-08-07T09:54:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T01:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58331"},"modified":"2025-01-10T19:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T00:12:24","slug":"gender-disparity-persists-in-life-expectancy-of-canadians-living-with-hiv-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/07\/gender-disparity-persists-in-life-expectancy-of-canadians-living-with-hiv-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender disparity persists in life expectancy of Canadians living with HIV: study"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VANCOUVER \u2013 A new study has found that Canadians diagnosed with HIV are living longer than ever, but continued inequalities in life expectancy across the country have one researcher calling for a national HIV\/AIDS strategy.<\/p>\n

The study, from the Canadian Observational Cohort Collaboration, indicated the overall life expectancy of Canadians undergoing antiretroviral treatment for the AIDS-causing virus had climbed to 65 years \u2013 about a 16-year jump since 2000.<\/p>\n

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But while those increases were felt across the board, life expectancy was shown to have improved more for men than for women. People with a history of drug use and those with First Nations ancestry also didn’t experience as much of an increase.<\/p>\n

The study did not explore the reasons behind the differences, but the study\u2019s principal investigator suggested socioeconomic disparities and varying access to treatment as two possibilities.<\/p>\n

The federal government would do well to adopt a nation-wide strategy similar to the one in place in British Columbia, with its emphasis on early treatment and prevention, said Robert Hogg a senior scientist at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be some kind of national commitment and right now there is not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat happens is because of that you get huge disparities in terms of lifetime to some extent have not gone away.\u201d<\/p>\n

While an increase in life expectancy is positive, Hogg said treatment providers must nonetheless remain vigilant in ensuring that therapy reaches everyone, particularly vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really stresses the point of getting people on antiretroviral therapy earlier or as soon as possible,\u201d he said about the research.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the current guidelines there\u2019s no reason for people to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous wisdom suggested holding off on antiretroviral therapy immediately following an HIV-positive diagnosis because of the threat of toxicity and increasing drug resistance.<\/p>\n

But more recent research has eroded those earlier findings and strengthened the case for early treatment.<\/p>\n

Improvements in diagnosis and treatment options such as these have transformed what was once an all-but-certain death sentence into an increasingly manageable chronic illness.<\/p>\n

Research has shown that early treatment not only improves the health of people living with HIV, but also reduces onward transmission of the disease.<\/p>\n

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV\/AIDS is Canada\u2019s largest HIV\/AIDS research, treatment and education facility and is based in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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The Canadian Observational Cohort Collaboration, which is housed at the B.C. research centre, is an ongoing study of more than 10,000 people living with HIV\/AIDS across B.C., Ontario and Quebec. It has recently expanded into Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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