This webinar will show the emerging evidence linking climate-related shocks and stresses to TB risk and outcomes, and discuss how climate change may influence the future trajectory of the global TB epidemic.
Subject Area: Tuberculosis (TB)
Supporting TB Care in Inuit Communities
The second webinar of our two-part series explored the social realities of tuberculosis (TB) and the importance of a culturally responsive approach to TB care.
Supporting TB Care in First Nations Communities
Join us for the first in a two-part webinar series exploring the social realities of tuberculosis (TB) and the importance of a culturally responsive approach to TB care.
How Primary Care Providers Can Support Immigrant and Refugee TB Clients
This webinar is part of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC’s) Communicable Diseases and Infection Control (CDIC) Webinar Series and is co-hosted by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID).
Tuberculosis (TB) Journey in Northern First Nations Communities
A Social Determinants and the TB Journey video.
The TB Journey Map for Northern First Nations Communities is an educational resource for services providers in TB-affected First Nations communities. It visually depicts the key stages in a typical patient journey with emphasis on the different health-care related, social and First Nations determinants of health.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 4 – What it Takes
In the final episode of this series, TB program staff reflect on their lessons from the outbreak, including what worked well, and what is still needed for TB elimination.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 3 – Get Away from Me
Our third episode looks deeper into the impact of stigma, particularly on the experiences of one young woman whose life had been repeatedly up-ended by the disease.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 2 – My Four-Year-Old Son
Episode two describes the TB journey of a young mother and her four year old son after learning he had contracted a rare form of the disease.
TB Talks, S2: Episode 1 – The Face of the First Case
Our first episode takes us to the beginning – the story of how a young adult fell through the cracks of a strained health system to become the outbreak’s index case.
TB Performance Measures Scan
This scan compares TB performance indicators and targets in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. This is a student project.
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis – International Resources for Canadian Public Health Personnel
COMMENTARY: Yoav Keynan, MD and NCCID’s Scientific Lead COMMENT According to the WHO 2017 report, in 2016 globally, there were 600,000 new cases of tuberculosis with resistance to rifampicin, the most effective first-line drug, of which 490,000 cases had multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), defined as resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid. Almost half (47%) of these cases…
IQ13: Post-landing Surveillance and Virtual Tuberculosis Services in Alberta
In this, the fifth in our ‘TB Talk’ series of episodes, we hear from Dr. Ryan Cooper, an infectious diseases specialist with Alberta Health Services. Here, Dr. Cooper speaks to how post-landing TB surveillance works in Canada (including some Alberta-specific challenges), plus the best approach to on-going follow-up. He also discusses how Alberta’s virtual TB clinic model has made a difference to rural, remote and Indigenous communities.