Government Aims to Eliminate Tuberculosis in Canada’s North by 2030

Children skip stones in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, in this file photo. Although tuberculosis is almost unheard of in the south, it is present in many northern reserves and in 17 out of 25 Nunavut communities. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA—The government is promising to cut in half the rate of active tuberculosis in Canada’s North within the next seven years, ahead of its plan to eliminate the disease by 2030.

The eradication plan will be lead by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the representative body of Inuit in Canada, and will focus firstly on preventing deaths related to tuberculosis among children.