American Indians & Alaska Natives

3-20-2019March 20 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This year the Indian Health Service is highlighting Eliminating Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. 

3-20-2019Please join us in recognizing the impact of HIV on Native communities, and in communicating about the importance of knowing one’s HIV status.

3-12-2019Communicators can build content for National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day messages with this collection from HIV.gov.

10-10-2018As the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund marks its 20th anniversary, several recently funded projects were featured in a pair of workshops at the …

3-22-2018Staff at the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated on a study, Assessing New Diagnoses of HIV Among …

3-20-2018HIV rates among American Indians/Alaska Natives are lower than rates reported among most racial/ethnic groups but higher than rates among Asians and whites, acc…

3-13-2018One of HIV.gov’s key focuses is on how social media can be used to communicate with populations most affected by HIV. In the coming months we’ll be …

9-6-2017As of March 2019, the program formerly known as the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF) has been renamed. The program is now known as the Mi…

5-15-2017While HIV risk factors are the same for everyone, some racial/ethnic groups are more affected than others.

7-22-2016Today, we share some news from the Indian Health Service (IHS). This month, Lisa Neel, MPH, (Cherokee) has moved from her position as the lead voice of the IHS …