Aboriginal Health and Community Development

Since 1984, the number of reported AIDS cases among Aboriginal Canadians has risen steadily. Although Aboriginal men who have sex with men are at greatest risk, rates are rising most quickly for Aboriginal injection drug users and women, followed by the under-thirty age groups.

As with all populations threatened with HIV, knowledge is key to prevention and effective treatment. Aboriginal peoples have been working to address these issues.

• First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
  
• National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS
  
• National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS - Full Council Meeting May 4-6, 2002
• National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS - Full Council Meeting September 17-18, 2002