13 February 2017
A number of First Nations are planning to share their knowledge of HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment at a Saskatoon forum this week.
The two-day HIV Knowledge Exchange Forum gets underway Monday morning with a pipe ceremony and opening remarks from health directors from across the province.
Ahtahkakoop and Big River First Nation are among the communities that have implemented an internationally-renowned prevention program called “Know Your Status.”
Ahtahkakoop Chief Larry Ahenekew encourages other First Nations to pick up the program’s culture-based methods, which are aimed to combat the disproportionate HIV and AIDS rates in Indigenous people.