Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) is part of a national and worldwide effort to end tuberculosis (TB) through total elimination of the disease.
The Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) is well on the way to TB elimination.
- Only one instance of TB disease has occurred in the past 15 years.
- There has been little TB transmission to the younger generation.
- New measures are in place to support management of sleeping or latent TB.
But we still need to be careful because
- we still have a lot of sleeping or latent TB left over from TB outbreaks in the past
- as the population who are carrying sleeping TB are now aging or encountering conditions that weaken their immune system, they are more vulnerable to having their TB reactivate and become TB disease
- most community members do not have lived experience of TB, so they do not know that much about it
- most healthcare providers do not have experience with recognizing and managing TB
The Tumihiuqtuq initiative is
- training and supporting TB Champions in each community to be a resource on TB
- promoting locally developed resources for TB education
- contacting individuals who have sleeping TB to provide them with information on managing this condition
- training healthcare providers on TB management
For more information
Contact: IRC Health and Wellness Division at (867) 777-7088.
Read Nanilavut Initiative for families searching for loved ones sent out in the 1940-60s for TB.
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Photos from TB Champion training, 2025
