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Youth Mental Health
Rural and Remote Health Care
Addictions & Opioid Crisis
On the frontline of
HIV crisis
For every 100,000 people in Saskatchewan there is an average
of
14.5 cases of HIV
thats more than twice the national average
Many people remain unaware they're Infected.
Over 750,000 HIV tests were administered in Saskatchewan in 2016.
In 2016, 79% of all new HIV cases in Saskatchewan
self-identified as indigenous.
The biggest HIV risk factors
[HIV] is not a diagnosis that belongs to a certain person, who looks a certain way, or has a certain life.
- Susanne Nicolay
| Registered Nurse
I know a lot of people who don't get tested. They say if they are positive, they are going to kill themselves.
- Danita Wahpooseway
| HIV Activist
Nowadays with HIV you can live a normal life and a normal lifespan with regular bloodwork and tolerable medications.
- Megan
| Physician