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Posted: 4/30/2023 8:15:32 PM EDT
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Canada's longstanding efforts to reduce and eliminate tuberculosis suffered a setback as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Canadian health officials. The ability to offer crucial services such as contact tracing, prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and care for tuberculosis were reduced as resources were redirected to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr. Tom Wong, chief medical officer of public health for Indigenous Services Canada. "All of those have contributed to, in some areas, stalling of the progress made or in some cases reversing the downward trend of TB," Wong said. Tuberculosis is a treatable and curable disease caused by bacteria that frequently affects the lungs, but can also live in other parts of the body. In Canada, it kills about five per cent of those infected. In 2020, 10 percent of active TB cases were resistant to TB drugs. Across the country, several areas have seen recent increases in cases, especially in Inuit and First Nations communities, losing ground after years of progress. moar |
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Originally Posted By Tejas1836: Wait 5 years when the multiple drug resistant TB starts showing up from our southern invaders State of Alaska,IHS and local native health corporations are/were prettydecent about tracking and making sure people finish the treatment plan. But some do slip through the cracks and the state cut back on testing.  My two older girls were tested every year in school. My youngest has only been tested once and she will be going into the third grade this coming fall. |