Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week

December 1 – 5 is Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week. HIV/AIDS is having a significant impact on First Nations, Inuit and Métis women. During 1998-2006, First Nations, Inuit and Métis women represented 48.1 per cent of all positive HIV test reports compared to 20.7 per cent of reports among non-Aboriginal persons.  NAHO offers the following informational resources to acknowledge Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week..

Resources From NAHO

• HIV/AIDS – A  Fact Sheet
  Source: NAHO
• Sexual Health: Resources for Inuit and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
  Source: Inuit Tuttarvingat
• Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS: Some Facts
  Source: NAHO
• Sexual Health Tool Kit: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
  Source: First Nations Centre
• Sexual health: What is it?
  Source: First Nations Centre
• Sexual Health: Resources for Inuit and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
  Source: Inuit Tuttarvingat

Other Resources

• World AIDS Day 2011
• sexualityandu.ca
• Public Health Agency of Canada: Resources on HIV/AIDS
• Health Canada: First Nations, Inuit and Aboriginal Health: HIV/AIDS
• Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
• Aboriginal AIDS Awareness