Diabetes and Chronic Diseases

B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disability Society

Provides a variety of support services and resources to help aboriginal people with disabilities, and others associated with the disabled.

Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program

Provides culturally appropriate on-site community based HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease education and training to Aboriginal communities, organizations, and professionals within BC.

Source: BC Centre for Disease Control

Diabetes Nurse Educator

Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) aboriginal health diabetes outreach workers can help aboriginals with diabetes understand their disease better.

Source: Vancouver Island Health Authority

First Nations Breast Cancer Society

Non-profit organization that offers breast cancer education and support to First Nations women in the province of British Columbia.

Healing our Spirit B.C. Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society

Prevents and reduces the spread of HIV and AIDS and provides care and support services to Aboriginal peoples infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Okanagan Aboriginal Aids Society

The Okanagan Aboriginal AIDS Society (OAAS) has been providing services to and for people in the Okanagan Valley with Aboriginal ancestry since 1999.

Quesnel Aboriginal Diabetes Prevention and Awareness Program

This is a diabetes primary prevention program that is delivering a health promotion program to Métis, Off-reserve Aboriginal people and urban Inuit.

Red Road HIV/AIDS Network

Collaborative network supporting Aboriginal HIV/AIDS service providers, Aboriginal persons with HIV/AIDS and individuals and families with culturally inclusive resources, information, advocacy, leadership and political education.

Travelling Diabetes Clinic

The MDTC Project is unique to the BC province. It provides retinopathy screening, laboratory exams to check the blood glucose and protein levels and blood pressure assessments.

Source: Carrier Sekani Family Services

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