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Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years
The closure will shift HIV support to other groups emphasizing affordable medication and chronic disease care amid a 35% rise in new cases in Canada, officials said.
- The AIDS Committee of Toronto announced it will close next year after 42 years of operation, having been founded in 1983.
- ACT's closure results from medical advances that reduced demand for its services and financial challenges amid broader health-care system changes.
- ACT was Canada's oldest HIV service agency and raised over $12 million through events like Fashion Cares while serving a community now aging with HIV.
- Ryan Lisk, ACT's executive director, emphasized the need to shift leadership to groups that are more equipped to address today's key challenges, such as ensuring affordable access to medications.
- The closure reflects shifting HIV care as treatments since 1996 enable people with HIV to live longer, but HIV cases still rise in marginalized groups in Canada.
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Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years - Toronto
An organization that bills itself as Canada’s oldest HIV service agency says it will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced its need.
·Toronto, Canada
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Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — An organization that bills itself as Canada’s oldest HIV service agency says it will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced the need for its services. AIDS Committee of Toronto says plummeting demand coincided with financial challenges and broader changes in the health-care system, leading to the decision to close after 42 years. ACT was founded in 1983 when AIDS was marked by stigma, long-ter…
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