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Rare case of cured HIV patient raises fears of waning support for B.C. charities

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Artist Joe Average said it was an ‘honour’ to pack meals as a volunteer for A Loving Spoonful after benefiting from the charity’s services for three years when his health was poor. (Lien Yeung/CBC)

HIV/AIDS charities in B.C. are reiterating their continued need for support after a patient who was declared “functionally cured” recently made global headlines.

In early March, a man who had HIV known as “the London patient” was found to have no trace of the virus nearly three years after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a rare, HIV-resistant gene mutation.  Read More

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