B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

Our mandate

The B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is Canada’s largest HIV/AIDS research and treatment facility.

Founded in 1992 by St. Paul’s Hospital and the provincial Ministry of Health, the Centre strives to:

improve the health of British Columbians with HIV through the development, ongoing monitoring, and dissemination of comprehensive research and treatment programs for HIV and related diseases;
develop rational and cost-effective research and therapeutic protocols and programs for the treatment of HIV and related diseases;
provide educational support programs to health care professionals; and
monitor the impact of HIV/AIDS on British Columbia and conduct analyses of the effectiveness of programs for investigating and treating HIV and related diseases.

In B.C., all anti-HIV medications are distributed at no cost to eligible HIV-infected individuals through the Centre’s Drug Treatment Program. Over 7,400 HIV-positive British Columbians have enrolled in the program since its inception in 1992. Participants are typically followed at three-monthly intervals at which time routine blood sampling is performed. Antiretroviral medication is prescribed according to specific guidelines generated by the Centre’s Therapeutic Guidelines committee.

The Centre’s Therapeutic Guidelines provide recommendations for the best practices for treating HIV disease. The guidelines are the basis of treatment strategies, the results of which are constantly monitored by studying clinical and virological outcomes of all treated HIV patients in the province. These outcome studies contribute to the findings, which then generate further revisions to the guidelines.

The Centre works closely with health authorities to develop, monitor, implement and evaluate HIV/AIDS care plans.


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	PRINT About us Our mandate The B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is Canada’s largest HIV/AIDS research and treatment facility. Founded in 1992 by St. Paul’s Hospital and the provincial Ministry of Health, the Centre strives to: improve the health of British Columbians with HIV through the development, ongoing monitoring, and dissemination of comprehensive research and treatment programs for HIV and related diseases; develop rational and cost-effective research and therapeutic protocols and programs for the treatment of HIV and related diseases; provide educational support programs to health care professionals; and monitor the impact of HIV/AIDS on British Columbia and conduct analyses of the effectiveness of programs for investigating and treating HIV and related diseases. In B.C., all anti-HIV medications are distributed at no cost to eligible HIV-infected individuals through the Centre’s Drug Treatment Program. Over 7,400 HIV-positive British Columbians have enrolled in the program since its inception in 1992. Participants are typically followed at three-monthly intervals at which time routine blood sampling is performed. Antiretroviral medication is prescribed according to specific guidelines generated by the Centre’s Therapeutic Guidelines committee. The Centre’s Therapeutic Guidelines provide recommendations for the best practices for treating HIV disease. The guidelines are the basis of treatment strategies, the results of which are constantly monitored by studying clinical and virological outcomes of all treated HIV patients in the province. These outcome studies contribute to the findings, which then generate further revisions to the guidelines. The Centre works closely with health authorities to develop, monitor, implement and evaluate HIV/AIDS care plans.