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DRUM & SASH Newsletters
May 10, 2021The DRUM & SASH project is a CIHR funded study which aims to develop, implement and evaluate shared care models to increase care and prevention of HIV, Hepatitis C, other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) and related mental health issues in Indigenous communities in Alberta.
The AHA Centre Newsletters
May 10, 2021The AHA Centre is a national, Indigenous-led collaborative research centre housed at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN). Funded by The Canadian Institutes of Health Research in 2012, The AHA […]
Indigenous Communities: Summary of Legal Needs Assessment
May 10, 2021In 2014, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (“Legal Network”) and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) began collaborating to produce a series of legal information resources for Indigenous communities living […]
Our Search for Safe Spaces: A Qualitative Study
May 10, 2021Aboriginal women are continuing to be over-represented among new HIV cases in Canada. Although Aboriginal people represent just 3.8% of the Canadian population, in 2005, estimates indicated Aboriginal people were about 7.5% of all prevalent HIV infections. Since 2004, at least 50% of newly reported HIV infections identified as Aboriginal are women and girls.
Indigenous Communities and HIV Disclosure to Sexual Partners
May 10, 2021Learning about your HIV-positive status is an important step for your health. But knowing that you are HIV-positive also has other implications in your life — for example, deciding whom to tell about your HIV status.
IndIgenous CommunItIes: HIV, Privacy and Confidentiality
May 10, 2021Knowing your rights and responsibilities when it comes to HIV disclosure, privacy and confidentiality is an important way to protect your privacy.
IndIgenous CommunItIes and HIV and HCV in Federal Prisons
May 10, 2021A history of cultural oppression, the damaging legacy of abuse in residential schools, and ongoing racism and colonialism have contributed to high rates of imprisonment for Indigenous people.
Harm Reduction Services for Indigenous People Who Use Drugs
May 10, 2021In Canada, Indigenous people experience higher rates of injection drug use and less access to health care than non-Indigenous people.
National Aboriginal Youth Strategy on HIV & AIDS in Canada
May 10, 2021The National Aboriginal Youth Strategy on HIV and AIDS in Canada for First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth from 2010 to 2015 (NAYSHAC) was developed in direct consultation with the National Aboriginal Youth Council on HIV and AIDS (NAYCHA).
International Strategic Plan on HIV & AIDS
May 10, 2021The International Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS For Indigenous Peoples and Communities from 2011 to 2017 (ISPHA) supports the Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV principle.