Epidemiology

HIV/AIDS an Epidemic Among Aboriginal Communities in Canada

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 11th, 2000

The HIV/AIDS epidemic among Aboriginal people in Canada has become a serious concern.

The proportion of HIV and AIDS cases attributed to Aboriginal persons has been climbing steadily. By 1999, Aboriginal people were five times more likely to have AIDS than other Canadians.

In three reports released June 7, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network showed how HIV/AIDS related discrimination, jurisdictional divisions, and funding problems are barriers to the development of the comprehensive and coordinated response to HIV/AIDS in Aboriginal communities that is so desperately needed. The two agencies call for...

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