First Nations and Inuit
Health Canada has many online resources concerning First Nations and Inuit health issues such as:
AIDS/HIV
Alcohol and Substance Misuse
Children
Diabetes
Among First Nations people, the prevalence of diabetes is three times the national average. They can have diabetes complications more often and at an earlier age.
Drinking Water Quality
Family Violence Prevention
Healthy Pregnancy
Funding Health Care Programs and Services
The First Nations and Inuit Health Branch is a highly decentralized, client-oriented organization which is responsible for providing health services to status Indians living on-reserve and to recognized Inuit and Innu people.
Indian Residential Schools Support
For information on the services provided to claimants who have suffered abuses in Indian residential schools, Health Canada's Indian Residential Schools Mental Health Support Program.
Injury and Suicide Prevention
Mental Health
Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)
Nursing
Seniors
Seniors currently make up a relatively small proportion of the Aboriginal population in Canada but that proportion is estimated is almost triple from 1996 to 2016.
Tobacco
Tuberculosis
West Nile Virus
What is being done to address West Nile virus in First Nations communities?
Women
Other Resources
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