Community-Based STBBI Testing Events Toolkit
This toolkit is for community-based organizations, peer groups, and event organizers who are not healthcare professionals but want to increase access to STBBI testing in their communities. If you’re a healthcare provider who wants to partner with the community this toolkit has lots to offer you, too!
This toolkit can be used to plan any sized event, big or small, with its own budget or just the resources you have on hand and in-kind support from partners.
Download version 2.0 of the toolkit, updated August 2023. We will be releasing periodic updates as technical information changes.
Questions? Feedback? Get in touch!
Do you need additional support in planning your event? Tell us about your plans and where you’re located. We can connect you with one of our partners with community-based testing experience, or connect you to local resources.
Do you have questions or feedback about the toolkit? Did you use this toolkit to plan an event? We’d love to hear from you and incorporate your feedback into the next version of this living document.
Fill out the form below or on its own page at https://mhrn.ca/testing-toolkit-contact
This project is a partnership of the MB HIV-STBBI Collective Impact Network and the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network. (2021).
It is a project of the “Manitoba Pathways: Building the Foundation for Innovations in HIV-STBBI Testing, Linkage and Care in Rural and Remote Areas of Manitoba Initiative” which is supported by the MB CIN TestingLinkage-Care Innovation and the Truth and Reconciliation Action Groups and funded by the CIHR REACH Nexus and CANFAR Strategic Initiative.
Nine Circles Community Health Centre provides backbone support for the MB HIV-STBBI Collective Impact Network and the Manitoba REACH Centre. REACH Nexus is a national research group working on how to address HIV, Hepatitis C, and other STBBIs (sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections) in Canada. Their focus is on reaching the undiagnosed, implementing and scaling up new testing options, strengthening connections to care, improving access to options for prevention (PrEP and PEP) and ending HIV stigma.
