Native populations experience barriers to health care access such as limited knowledge, stigma, community social isolation, and geographic isolation. As a result, Inuit populations in Canada suffer 300 times higher rates of TB than the Canadian-born non-Indigenous population.
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. 2018. CPHO Spotlight on Eliminating Tuberculosis in Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada. .
Title of Article: CPHO Spotlight on Eliminating Tuberculosis in Canada
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Publication Year: 2018
Publication Name: Public Health Agency of Canada
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Publication Source URL: https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/eliminating-tuberculosis/PHAC_18-086_TB_Report_E_forwebcoding.pdf
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