Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 19

Exploring Theme: "Inuit Nunangat Declaration TB"

Updates on this page: 4 (Filtered by Indigenous Group "Inuit")
 

March 24, 2021


TB reduction and elimination areas of focus

Indigenous Services Canada and Inuit Tapariit Kanatami – “On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2021, we reaffirm our joint commitment to improving the health of Inuit across Inuit Nunangat through our TB reduction and elimination milestones…Persistently high rates of TB across Inuit Nunangat are a symptom of health disparities, which are rooted in colonization. The COVID-19 pandemic...

March 25, 2019


TB Regional Action Plans

The regional action plans have been developed in consultation with communities, Inuit organizations, partners in health service delivery, provincial and territorial governments, experts in TB programming, care and research, and local health care providers. While each region has specific needs and challenges with regards to TB elimination, all regional action plans commit to: Establishing regional...

December 10, 2018


The Inuit Tuberculosis Elimination Framework

The Inuit Tuberculosis Elimination Framework was released by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami as a next step in ongoing efforts to address staggeringly high rates of tuberculosis (TB) among Inuit living in Inuit Nunangat. The Framework describes six priority areas for action and investment: Enhance TB care and prevention programming Reduce poverty, improve social determinants of health...

March 23, 2018


Commitment to end TB in Inuit Nunangat by 2030

To mark World Tuberculosis Day, Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, together with Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), commit to eliminating TB across Inuit Nunangat by 2030, and reduce active TB by at least 50% by 2025. This will be achieved through an Elimination Action Framework led by the previously announced...

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