Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 19: Health (18-24)

TB Regional Action Plans

March 25, 2019

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 TB committees/advisory groups,
  • Enhanced/community wide TB screening campaigns,
  • Improving preventative treatment completion of latent TB infection by introducing or expanding the use of shorter course treatment regimens,
  • Reviewing access to new diagnostic technologies,
  • Strengthening the foundation of TB programs in all regions with high incidence of TB by:
  • Enhancing TB teams based on regional needs,
  • Developing and strengthening community partnerships,
  • Strengthening community engagement and education,
  • Enhancing local human resource capacity; and, Identifying areas of collaboration within and between organizations for action towards improving social determinants of Inuit health directly related to TB