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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024. By Amrit Tiwana, Nicola Gale, and Sofia Bartlett. People who experience criminalization, such as those who have been incarcerated,Read more
Test, Link, Call Project
You Matter
Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project
What is it?
The Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project provides smart phones with 6 months of calling/texting credit to people living with hepatitis C infection, hepatitis B infection, HIV, or syphilis, who have experienced or are at risk of being criminalized. This includes people who use drugs, people experiencing unstable housing, or people who have been incarcerated.
Participants receive a care plan along with their cell phone, as well as optional connection to Peer and social supports. Phones provided are preloaded with the LifeGuard app and other health and social service focused mobile applications, to further assist in meeting unmet health needs.
How TLC supports HIV and HCV care engagement:
Updated Project Stats – May 2025
- Total enrolled: 695
- Total received phone: 628
- 45% of people enrolled in TLC self-identify as First Nations or Métis.
- 70% of Traditional Indigenous Medicine Bundles provided to Indigenous clients in TLC.
- Over 30 organizations, clinics, & services across BC offering support to clients through TLC.
Want to be involved in the TLC Project?
Test Link Call is available to all care providers throughout British Columbia. Any providers in the community working with a client who they believe is eligible and would benefit from receiving a phone and peer support through Test Link Call, can make a referral!
Just have your client read and sign the TLC Consent Form then return this to the TLC Team via email to STBBI_pathways@bccdc.ca or by fax to 236-429-3744.
Want to get more info about TLC Project?
Visit the TLC Resources Page to find more info on this project or download any of the tools we have developed.
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NEWS & STORIES
The News & Stories page include blogs written by team members, news, project updates and past and upcoming events.
Blogs
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By Admin | Comments are ClosedAUGUST 2024. By Nicola Gale, RPh (APA), MPH. More about Nicola Gale. Nicola Gale is a clinical pharmacist with an out-patient liverRead more
Media / Press
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By Admin | Comments are ClosedBy Pacific Public Health Foundation NOVEMBER 8, 2023, Pacific Public Health Foundation Test, Link, Call: a simple premise with a powerful purposeRead more
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By Admin | Comments are ClosedBy BC Ministry of Health JULY 30, 2023, BC Ministry of Health Communications People in B.C. will be better protected against theRead more
Project Updates
STBBI Policy and Guideline
Development for BC Corrections
The You Matter Pathways to STBBI Care project is funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada …
Test, Link,
Call Project
We recently received funding for the Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project which will be launched in Fall 2021 …
Upcoming Events
American Association for the Study of
Liver Diseases (Digital Conference)
Date: Nov 12-15, 2021
Link to conference
https://www.aasld.org/the-liver-meeting/program/digital-experience
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- Hepatitis C virus reinfection after successful treatment with direct acting antiviral therapy in Canada
- Hepatitis C screening
