World TB Day: Inuit org raises alarm on TB crisis as Canadian election begins
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day. And with a federal election now underway in Canada, the country’s national Inuit organization
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Tuberculosis outbreaks in 3 Nunavut communities still ongoing years later
A tuberculosis outbreak was declared in Pangnirtung in 2021, Pond Inlet and Naujaat in 2023 An outbreak of tuberculosis in
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3 Nunavut communities still have ongoing tuberculosis outbreaks
Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet and Naujaat still fighting outbreak Three Nunavut communities still have ongoing tuberculosis outbreaks — one of which
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Service reductions at Yellowknife Public Health extended until further notice
Health department still responding to tuberculosis outbreak Service reductions at Yellowknife Public Health, triggered by a tuberculosis outbreak, will now
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N.W.T. declares tuberculosis outbreak in Yellowknife after 2 cases identified
Both cases linked, Public Health working on contact tracing The N.W.T.’s acting chief public health officer is declaring a tuberculosis
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Inuit leaders disappointed with budget’s lack of money for tuberculosis elimination
By Brett Forester · CBC News Budget pledges $1.1B for First Nations and Inuit health but offers nothing on TB elimination specifically
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Nunavut sets up mobile tuberculosis clinic in Naujaat as outbreak grows
3 have died since outbreak began, 21 diagnosed with active TB Nunavut’s Health department has opened a community-wide mobile testing clinic
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Wastewater study launched in Iqaluit to help better detect TB
A study examining wastewater is being launched in Iqaluit that the Nunavut government, Inuit leaders and researchers say could help
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How the legacy of Canada’s tuberculosis sanatoriums haunts public health efforts in Pangnirtung
Sixty-five years ago, tuberculosis left Nancy Anilniliak with an invisible scar. In 1958, when she was five, Anilniliak was taken
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Nunavut asks federal gov’t for help handling tuberculosis outbreaks
Nunavut’s chief public health officer, Dr. Sean Wachtel, says he will be requesting federal aid to help deal with the territory’s
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Naujaat becomes 3rd Nunavut community to face tuberculosis outbreak
There are 6 active cases and 10 latent cases in the community, says health department Nunavut’s Health Department declared an
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Tuberculosis rising after COVID-19 pandemic redirected services, say health officials
By Alison Northcott ‘Huge rebound’ in TB deaths and cases in some areas, according to Canadian health officials Canada’s longstanding
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Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet
Nunavut’s chief public health officer has declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Pond Inlet. Five people in the north Baffin
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Privacy commissioner in Nunavut, Canada says government should release more data on tuberculosis
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner wants to see more transparency from the territorial government when it comes to tuberculosis cases. Nunavut has
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Coronavirus hurting Alaska attempt to reduce tuberculosis
Alaska is on track to repeat last year’s mark of the U.S.’s highest rate of tuberculosis infections, health officials said.
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