MAX Blog
Category is…Rapid Test Realness
Wearing a mask, using hand sanitizer, and social distancing aren’t the only ways you can take charge of your health. For the GBTQ2 community, COVID-19 hits close to home, reminiscent of the spread of HIV almost forty years ago. It was a shapeless power that stigmatized an entire community. In the first five years, the…
Read More
Sexual Health Testing Services in Ottawa
Dear Dr. Etches, First off, on behalf of MAX Ottawa, I wish to extend my sincere gratitude for the work and great efforts you and the rest of the Ottawa Public Health team have expended to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of our communities in these challenging and unprecedented times. It has been a…
Read More
EQUIP Campaign
Helping Guys into Guys Take Charge of their Sexual Health The national capital region is seeing much success with EQUIP, the new combination prevention campaign designed by MAX Ottawa to promote PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis, and PEP or post-exposure prophylaxis, amongst our GBTQ2S+ communities. At MAX Ottawa, we hope to minimize the impact of HIV,…
Read More
Local Pharmacy Expanding HIV Testing Options
More ways to take control of your health As of January 2020, guys into guys and other community members can receive free HIV testing at a local pharmacy on a walk-in basis, OHIP card optional. Where: Shoppers Drug Mart (455 Bank Street, Bank Street/Gladstone Avenue) When: Every Monday night, between 5 pm – 9 pm …
Read More
EQUIP!
Une nouvelle campagne d’éducation à la santé sexuelle pour les gars GBT2Q lancée dans la région de la capitale fédérale La campagne vise à améliorer l’accès et l’adoption de stratégies de prévention du VIH, comme la PrEP et la PEP. EQUIP!, la nouvelle campagne d’éducation conçue par MAX Ottawa et ses partenaires en santé d’Ottawa-Gatineau…
Read More EQUIP! Campaign Launch
A new sexual health education campaign for GBT2Q guys launched in the capital region. The campaign aims to increase access and uptake of HIV prevention strategies such as PrEP and PEP. EQUIP – A new education campaign developed by MAX Ottawa and health partners in Ottawa and Gatineau aims to decrease STBBI and HIV infection…
Read More