4 Decades of HIV - INA (Maori, Indigenous & Pacific Island HIV/AIDS Foundation)

Indigenous peoples globally are over-represented in the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

• Despite the astonishing diversity between and among us, indigenous peoples share a common experience of poverty, marginalization, and colonization that renders us acutely vulnerable to HIV.
• Indigenous peoples working globally have designed and delivered several community-driven initiatives to address their common concerns.
• However, the global epidemic of HIV among indigenous peoples continues to attract little attention domestically or internationally.
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What we know in 2011
• Lack of accurate surveillance data

• Māori women make up one third of all women diagnosed with HIV in Āotearoa since 1996

• Māori children have borne a greater burden compared to the European child population. Eg. 1.0 – European ref., Māori – 4.5.

• Māori women are at a higher risk of infection in Āotearoa compared to European women with the incidence ratio of women infected in  Āotearoa is 1.0 – European ref., Māori – 2.8.

• More AIDS or CD4<200 late testers with 40.6% Māori

• Social and cultural taboos prevent Māori from disclosing

• The impact of stigma and discrimination cripples HIV education