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19th Biennial Conference of the ISSTDR

Breaking New Ground in STI Contract Tracing

PHAC Satellite Symposium: “Oh...Canada! The Current Context:
STI Epidemiology, Guidelines and Partner Notification Practices”

The 19th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) was held in Québec City on July 10 to 13, 2011. This international meeting brought together experts in basic sciences, social sciences, clinical sciences, public health and health services and policies to share and discuss the latest information on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of STBBIs. Webcasts of the ISSTDR QUÉBEC 2011 plenaries and some of the symposia are available online.

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) organized a pre-conference symposium, entitled “Oh...Canada! The Current Context: STI Epidemiology, Guidelines and Partner Notification Practices”, and provided delegates with a forum to explore and discuss important issues related to the public health management of STIs/HIV in a Canadian context. The session highlighted current STI epidemiology, guidelines, and partner notification practices in the country. NCCID took part in this pre-conference symposium and presented an overview of its partner notification project.

The following PDFs are the presentations from PHAC’s satellite symposium:

Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections In Canada & Update on the Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections
Dr. Tom Wong, Public Health Agency of Canada

Review of Evidence Relating to the Effectiveness of Various Partner Notification Methods
Dr. Matthew Golden, University of Washington 

NCCID Partner Notification Project
Dr. Eve Cheuk, National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases

Partner Notification In Special Populations
Dr. Sue Pollock, Public Health Agency of Canada 

InSPOT Toronto
Dr. Rita Shahin, Toronto Public Health

Development of Guidelines for Contact Tracing via Facebook
Hazel Booth, Yukon Communicable Disease Control

Partner Notification via Online Dating Sites
Debbie Laughton, Hastings and Prince Edward County Health Unit

Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT)
Dr. Matthew Golden, University of Washington

New Brunswick “Safe Sex” Campaign
Céline Couturier, New Brunswick Department of Health

“Get Tested, Why Not” Campaign
Zhaida Uddin, Ottawa Public Health