/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3399/all en /newsroom/channels/news/low-income-hiv-patients-suffer-healthcare-access-286677 <div><span>Quebeckers do not have equal access to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV and AIDS, a long-term study undertaken by a team from the Research Institute of the À¦°óSMÉçÇø Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in collaboration with clinics and university health centres in Montreal, has revealed. Researchers observed that HIV-infected persons who count on social assistance and other income security programs in Quebec do not have early access to ART due to their presumed lower socio-economic status. </span></div> <div> </div> Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:34:57 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 37701 at /newsroom