First Nations, Inuit and Aboriginal Health

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Choose any of the following topics for contact information relating to First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health:

• Diseases and Health Conditions
• Family Health
• Health Care Services
• Health Promotion
• Non-Insured Health Benefits
• Substance Use and Treatment of Addictions
• Funding
• Reports and Publications
• First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health - General and Statistical Information

Diseases and Health Conditions

• For information on diabetes programs/projects provided through the First Nations On-reserve and Inuit in Inuit Communities Program, contact the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Regional Program Offices.
• For general information about the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative, contact the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative - Main Office.
• For information about the Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy, contact the Primary Health Care and Public Health Directorate
• West Nile virus information is available by calling the National West Nile Virus Info-Line at 1-800-816-7292 (toll-free in Canada).

Family Health

• For information on the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve program for First Nations children on-reserve, contact the Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) On Reserve Regional Offices.
• For general information about the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve program, contact the Community Programs Directorate.

Health Care Services

• For information about the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund, contact the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund Secretariat.
• To learn about eHealth solutions in Canada for First Nations and Inuit communities, contact an eHealth Solutions Unit Regional Office.
• Information on the joint partnership between Alberta First Nations communities and Health Canada's First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health Branch Alberta Region, contact the Alberta First Nations TeleHealth Program:
  Telephone: (780) 495-4949, Fax: (780) 495-8920.
• For information about the Health Integration Initiative, contact the Strategic Policy, Planning and Analysis Directorate.
• For information on the services provided to former Indian Residential School students and their families through Health Canada's Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program, please contact the Regional Coordinator in your province/territory.
• For general information about First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health Branch nursing services, contact the Office of Nursing Services - Main Office, or one of the nursing services regional offices.
• For information on Home and Community Care, the National First Nations Telehealth Research Project, and the Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy, contact the Primary Health Care and Public Health Directorate.

Health Promotion

• For general information about the Environmental Public Health Program, contact the Environmental Public Health Division.
• For general information about the First Nations and Inuit injury prevention and control, contact the Community Programs Directorate.
• For information about the Brighter Futures and Building Healthy Communities programs, contact a Local Regional Coordinator listed in the Community Programs Regional Offices.
• For information on injury prevention activities, contact the Injury Prevention - Regional Offices.

Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)

• For general information about the First Nations and Inuit NIHB program and services, contact the Non-Insured Health Benefits Directorate.
• For provider and recipient information about NIHB eligibility and reimbursement, contact your Non-Insured Health Benefits Regional Office.
• Pharmacy providers requesting prior approval of drug benefits may contact the NIHB Drug Exception Centre.
• Dental or Medical Supplies and Equipment providers requesting predeterminations and prior approvals may call their respective NIHB Prior Approval and Predetermination toll-free lines.
• Recipients may contact the Drug Exception Centre for Drug benefit appeal procedures, or their respective Non-Insured Health Benefits Regional Office for Dental or Medical Supplies and Equipment benefit appeal procedures.

Substance Use & Treatment of Addictions

• For general information about the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, contact the Community Programs Directorate.

Funding

• To obtain a copy of a contribution audit report, contact the Business Planning and Reporting Division.
• For information on resources for the administration and management of contribution agreement programs, contact one of the Contribution Agreements Resource Centre Regional Offices.

Reports and Publications

• Health Canada offers numerous print and audio-visual resources on a wide variety of health issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples in Canada through the First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health Branch Publication Resource Centre.

First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health

General Information

• For general questions/comments about First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health Branch programs and services, please contact the Assistant Deputy Minister's Office.
• For general questions/comments about regional First Nations and Inuit programs and services, please contact a First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health Branch Regional Directors.

Statistical Information

• For information on the current health status and conditions of First Nations people on reserves in Canada, contact the Health Information and Analysis Division.