Tuberculosis prevention and control in Canada : Prévention et contrôle de la tuberculose au Canada : un cadre d'action fédéral

The Framework for Action demonstrates the federal government’s commitment to address the high rates of tuberculosis within affected communities, including the factors that contribute to the spread of the disease. [...] Furthermore, there is growing recognition of the need to address the social determinants of health that can increase both the risk of exposure to TB and the progression from latent TB infection to active TB disease. [...] Compared to the Canadian-born of reported cases of active TB disease and non-Aboriginal population, the incidence rate of experienced a rate of TB 20 times higher than that active TB disease for Inuit was almost 400 times of the Canadian-born non-Aboriginal population. [...] Championing collaborative action to address the underlying risk factors for TB The goal of this Framework for Action is to reduce The burden of TB is strongly related to social the national incidence of reported TB in Canada. [...] Other underlying factors that government will focus its efforts on reducing the influence the transmission of TB and the risk of incidence and burden of TB within Aboriginal and progression from latent TB infection to active TB foreign-born populations by: disease include HIV infection, smoking, diabetes, I. Optimizing and enhancing current efforts to other chronic diseases, malnutrition, impaired