HIV growing in Sask; area to recognize World Aids Day
With the problem of AIDS growing rapidly in the province, the Battlefords will be recognizing World AIDS Day with a number of local initiatives.
Both North Battleford City Hall and the Town of Battleford proclaimed Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day in the Battlefords, and Dec. 1 to 6 as Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week.
Last year Saskatchewan doctors asked the province to issue a state of emergency to address the soaring rates of HIV and AIDS in the province.
Saskatchewan continues to have the highest rates of HIV in Canada, more than double the national average.