Analysis of Aboriginal HIV and AIDS services in B.C : Aboriginal HIV and AIDS services in B.C

The past three years have seen some notable developments in the area of HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and care for Aboriginal people in B. C.: f Creation of Renewing our Response (ROR), a collective of Aboriginal HIV and AIDS service organizations that has developed a set of recommendations for addressing the high rate of HIV infection among Aboriginal people; f Signing and subsequent progres [...] Ultimately, the goal is to strengthen the sector and all the organizations within it, so that there will be significant progress in addressing HIV and AIDS as it affects Aboriginal people in B. C. It is hoped that the combined results described in this analysis will lead stakeholders in the sector to identify concrete steps that can be taken to improve the response to Aboriginal HIV and AIDS acros [...] In addition to describing the realities of addressing Aboriginal HIV and AIDS in the respondent’s region and area of service, the respondents described several themes, including: f Their sense of the realities of the work to address HIV and AIDS among Aboriginal people; f Relevant service access issues; f An assessment of the structure and relationships within their region; and f Sub-groups who ar [...] The interviews were placed in the context of the work of Renewing Our Response and the stakeholders group, as well as the development and implementation of the Tripartite First Nations Health Plan. [...] The signing of the Memorandum want to continue to meet the needs and address the of Friendship and Mutual Respect in 2009 was a sign health concerns of marginalized populations in the of both the positive relationship that has been built up urban scene.