Rise in HIV Cases on Navajo Nation Spur Fears of an Epidemic

ICTMN Staff
May 20, 2013
Doctors on the Navajo Nation fear the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may become an epidemic on the reservation if education and prevention outreach efforts do not increase and ...

Native AIDS Survivor Finds Empowerment Through Honesty, Fights for HIV Confidentiality Law

ICTMN Staff
January 30, 2013
Isadore Boni, a San Carlos Apache member and AIDS survivor, completed his fourth half-marathon at his personal best time of two hours and 15 minutes on January 20...

San Carlos Apache 'Warrior' Ran Half-Marathon to Honor Natives Lost to AIDS

ICTMN Staff
January 21, 2013
Isadore Boni, a San Carlos Apache member, was diagnosed with HIV and Hepatitis C in May 2002. In November 2004, he was diagnosed with AIDS...

HIV & AIDS Impacting Indian Country

Jorge Martin Melchor
December 19, 2012
HIV and AIDS cases are increasing among Native American populations...

Masai Warriors Use Cricket to Modernize Community Without Losing Traditions

Linda Daniels
May 23, 2012
A team of Masai warriors from Kenya swapped their spears for cricket bats and their shields for shin guards the first week in April to participate in the Last Man Stands cricket to...

Ayahuasca May Hold Key to Breaking Addiction, But Canada Is Forcing Doctor to Stop Testing

Kevin Taylor
April 30, 2012
Do you see them? All over Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside there are junkies, addicts and alkies. On street corners, in alleys, lurking outside the ancient hotels...

Time to Spring into National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day!

Jessica Danforth
March 20, 2012
It’s the spring equinox —a time for change, a time for renewal, and a time to remember the different cycles of life...

Navajo Nation Deals With Rise in HIV Infection Rates

ICTMN Staff
January 06, 2012
While infection rates of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are holding steady or declining nationwide, the number of HIV-positive diagnoses on the Navajo reservation is rising...

World AIDS Day: American Indians Join the Fight ‘Getting to Zero’ New HIV Infections

ICTMN Staff
December 01, 2011
Niki Graham December 1 marks World AIDS Day , a global health day first held in 1988 to unite people in the fight against HIV/AIDS, show support for people living with HIV/AIDS and...

Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week Kicks Off With World AIDS Day

ICTMN Staff
December 01, 2011
Across the globe, health groups are striving to bring awareness of the scourges of HIV and AIDS in this 30th year of the first documented case...

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