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Appendix B: PresentersDr. Evan AdamsAboriginal Physician Advisor to the Prov.Health OfficerTel: 250 952-1330Email: Evan.Adams@gov.bc.caStephen SmithBC Min. of Healthy Living and SportTel: 604 660-0910Email: Stephen.Smith@gov.bc.caPatricia SpittalUBC School of Population & Public HealthTel: 604 806-8779Email: patricia.spittal@ubc.caChief Wayne ChristianChief of Splats’in Band and co-chair ofSecwepemc Nation Tribal CouncilTel: (250) 828-9789Email: chiefchristian@telus.blackberry.netMelanie RiversChee MamukTel: 604-660-1673Email: Melanie.Rivers@bccdc.caEmma PalmantierNorthern BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Task ForceTel: 1-800-889-6855Email: emma@csfs.orgMichelle GeorgeRed Road Aboriginal HIV/AIDS NetworkTel: 604-913-3332Email: mgeorge@red-road.orgAppendix C: GlossaryAASO: Aboriginal HIV / AIDS ServiceOrganization. An Aboriginal organizationthat provides services to people livingwith, or at risk of becoming infected withHIV/AIDS.Aboriginal Communities: Includes Métis,Inuit, urban Aboriginal communities, andFirst Nations communities, and includesspecific populations such as intravenousdrug users, sex trade workers andprisoners.APHA: Aboriginal person / people livingwith AIDSASO: Aboriginal Service Organization,which may or may not provide services topeople at risk of, or living with HIV/AIDS.Holistic: Taking into account all aspects ofa person, issue or disease.SO: Service Organization.Tripartite First Nations Health Plan:A ten-year plan, led by First Nations,Federal and Provincial governments, toimprove the health and well-being of FirstNations, close the gaps in health betweenFirst Nations people and other BritishColumbians, and fully involve First Nationsin decision-making regarding the health oftheir peoples.Upstream interventions: Activitiesthat occur before a person contractsHIV or which build resilience to preventbecoming infected with HIV.16 Unifying the Response to HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal Communities in BC Final Report