The Canadian HIV/AIDS Pharmacists Network (CHAP)
Association Canadienne des Pharmaciens en VIH/SIDA
Activities:
E-mail group (listserve) for regular communication and clinical sharing session
This list is open to the general membership of CHAP, and includes pharmacists who are actively interested in HIV pharmacology and/or practice. This group is a restricted list, which means that new members are added by the moderator (Chair). If there are new members who would like to join, they should e-mail the Chair at chap_chair@yahoo.ca with a request and a brief bio sketch.
Professional advocacy
In 2000, CHAP, along with the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, submitted a formal letter of protest to the Retrovirus Conference planning committee regarding the selective exclusion of pharmacist registrants to the Retrovirus conference. These collaborative efforts resulted in subsequent modification of pharmacist registration criteria for this prestigious annual meeting.