Thousands of free HIV self-test kits distributed across Canada to mark World AIDS Day ...Middle East

As over 6,000 Canadians live with undiagnosed HIV, the federal government plans to give away roughly 200,000 free self-test kits with the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Friday, Dec. 1, marks World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week in Canada. According to public health data, 18 per cent of new cases in Canada are among Indigenous people. An Ontario study found that African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV were less likely to know their status (85 per cent) than the general Canadian population (90 per cent). “For Indigenous peoples, we’ve been struggling with the social determinants of health, lack of funding for housing, employment

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