'Culture is the medicine we need': Indigenous-centred HIV program launched in Vancouver [cbc.ca]

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 3/15/224:00 AM

By David P. Ball, Photo: Kevin Barlow/Dr Peter Centre, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, March 13, 2022

A health-care facility in Vancouver unveiled a new initiative for Indigenous people living with HIV.

Vancouver's Dr. Peter Centre, which specializes in care for people with HIV/AIDS, announced on Friday that it had received funding to hire dedicated staff and to launch an Indigenous-centred program called "Culture of Care."

The Dr. Peter Centre said more than one-third of its clients identify as Indigenous, and that the rate of people with HIV is significantly above average among First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.

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