A Saskatchewan researcher is linking the province's high rate of HIV to changes to its social assistance program. (Ron Boileau/CBC - image credit)A researcher at the University of Saskatchewan says low social assistance rates are contributing to the spread of HIV across the province. Katelyn Roberts, the executive director of Sanctum Care Group, said there is an obvious connection between inadequate social assistance rates and the spread of HIV. Critics say the social assistance program does not provide people with enough money to live on. "Adequate social assistance rates are going to cost less than treating syphilis and HIV," she said.

Source: CBC News June 29, 2022 00:37 UTC