Leadership and political will are needed to address tuberculosis in Canada
[See related editorial at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.252036][1] Key points Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) disease affects nearly 11 million people worldwide per year, more than 2000 of whom live in Canada.[1][2],[2][3] In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO)
Authors
- Nancy Bedingfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-4834)
- Courtney Heffernan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1241-7201)
- Yassen Tcholakov
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (CA)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.250722
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00