Navajo Nation confronts HIV and AIDS

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Navajo Nation confronts HIV and AIDS
Infections are rising within the tribe at a time when they are holding steady or declining in other groups across the country. Poor education is partly to blame, with some tribal members learning about HIV and AIDS only upon diagnosis.

By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times

January 4, 2012, 8:14 p.m.
Reporting from Gallup, N.M.?
Five years ago, the man Elsie Smith loved told her calmly from his hospital bed that it was time for him to go. He died with a hushed goodbye and a squeeze of her hand...

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Navajo Nation Deals With Rise in HIV Infection Rates
By ICTMN Staff January 6, 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. The Los Angeles Times reports that issues such as poverty, poor education, alcohol abuse and other hardships in the Four Corners region, home to the Din? people, foster an environment in which HIV can easily spread...

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Navajo Nation startled by HIV, AIDS rates increases
By Jenny Kane jkane@daily-times.com
Posted: 09/16/2012 01:00:00 AM MDT

FARMINGTON ? The first case of the human immunodeficiency virus on the Navajo Nation was reported in 1987. It was not the last.
In the past 25 years, the number of HIV cases on the Navajo Nation has risen exponentially. Nearly 40 new cases were reported in 2011, and 35 were reported in 2010, according to a report this week from representatives of the Indian Health Service, the Navajo Nation Health Education Program, and the Navajo AIDS Network...