Canadian Health Network

HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system. AIDS is the advanced stage of the disease caused by HIV. HIV can be prevented.

In this section you will find resources on:

• How to prevent HIV by practicing safer sex
• How to live with HIV
• How HIV is transmitted
• HIV testing

See also: Sexuality and Reproductive Health.

• Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
• Young Eagles' challenge: a peer education training manual for First Nations youth on HIV/AIDs and related issues
• Understanding the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: the community at a glance
• Alarming rates of HIV/AIDS for Canada's Aboriginal women
• As the wheel turns : the HIV/AIDS medicine wheel

Answers to frequently asked questions about HIV/AIDS.

• Key Canadian resources
• Key International resources