As the province’s HIV rate continues to rise, especially in the Indigenous community, researchers and stakeholders gathered at the University of Saskatchewan on Friday to try and find a Saskatchewan solution to address the crisis.
The event, called Indigenous Health: The Mysteries and Myths of the HIV Crisis in Saskatchewan, was co-hosted by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
“We have a crisis here in Saskatchewan and we have the expertise here in Saskatchewan to solve some of our issues,” SHRF CEO Patrick Odnokon said. “The whole idea here is to bring the research community together with community stakeholders, and with government, to essentially talk about the situation and to find strategies to see where we can take this.”...https://globalnews.ca/news/4188122/saskatchewans-hiv-crisis-aids-health/
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