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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Cory Wong<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Living Room Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>AIDS Committee of Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Monday - Thursday<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Tel: 613.238.5014 ext. 253<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Email: livingroomprograms@aco-cso.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Tools for Access online! / des Outils pour l'accès en ligne!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.65pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.25pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear CTAC Member:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.65pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.25pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Several populations living with HIV and viral hepatitis, including women, people who use drugs, newcomers to Canada, people who were formerly incarcerated, youth, and Aboriginal Peoples experience barriers to treatment access that relate to their specific demographic context. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.65pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.25pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Through participatory community dialogue with relevant stakeholders, CTAC has developed a series of population-specific ‘Tools for Access’ curriculums and fact sheets that are designed to explore the specific structural, social and personal barriers, including the effects of stigma and discrimination, which prevent these specific populations from accessing treatment, care and support. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.65pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.25pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In addition to identifying population-specific barriers, the curriculums and fact sheets provide a list of actions (solutions and alternatives) that can be taken by people living with HIV and co-infected with viral hepatitis, service providers, researchers/policy makers and allied community members to address some of the systematic barriers that prevent holistic models of care required to achieve the best treatment experience possible. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.65pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.25pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>To view the ‘Tools for Access’ curriculums and/or fact sheets, click on the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ctac.ca/toolsforaccess/tools-for-access-curriculums-and-fact-sheets">http://www.ctac.ca/toolsforaccess/tools-for-access-curriculums-and-fact-sheets</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal>Cher membre du CCSAT :<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Plusieurs populations vivant avec le VIH et l'hépatite virale, y compris les femmes, les consommateurs de drogues, les nouveaux arrivants au Canada, les personnes qui ont déjà été incarcérées, les jeunes et les peuples autochtones font face à des obstacles à l'accès aux traitements reliés à leur contexte démographique particulier.<br><br>Par voie d'un dialogue communautaire participatif avec les intervenants pertinents, le CCSAT a développé une série <i>des Outils pour l'accès</i>: des programmes éducatifs et des fiches d'information spécifiques à ces populations et conçus pour explorer les obstacles structurels, sociaux et personnels, y compris les effets de la stigmatisation et de la discrimination, qui empêchent ces populations particulières d'avoir accès aux traitements, aux soins de santé et au soutien.<br><br>En plus d'identifier des obstacles spécifiques aux populations mentionnées, les programmes éducatifs et les fiches d'information suggèrent une liste d'actions concrètes (solutions et choix alternatifs) qui peuvent être entreprises par les personnes vivant avec le VIH et co-infectées par l'hépatite virale, les fournisseurs de services, les chercheurs et décideurs politiques et les membres alliés de la communauté afin d'aborder certains des obstacles systématiques empêchant le développement de modèles de soins holistiques nécessaires afin d'atteindre la meilleure expérience de traitement possible.<br><br>Pour consulter les programmes éducatifs et/ou les fiches d'informations de la série, <i>des Outils pour l'accès</i>, veuillez visiter la page suivante:<br><span style='color:#1F4AFF'><br></span></span><a href="http://www.ctac.ca/toolsforaccess/tools-for-access-curriculums-and-fact-sheets">http://www.ctac.ca/toolsforaccess/tools-for-access-curriculums-and-fact-sheets</a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F4AFF'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Merci!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>KIMBERLY BENNETT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Communications Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Coordinatrice des communications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'>Remember to check out our website at </span></b><a href="www.ctac.ca"><b>www.ctac.ca</b></a><b><span style='color:red'>!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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