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Addressing Inuit housing shortage will be key to eliminating TB, says study

Even when researchers controlled for other factors, they found three consistently linked to TB: age, Inuit ethnicity and overcrowded housing.

By Nunatsiaq News April 18, 2019
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If the Canadian government plans to live up to its promise to eradicate tuberculosis in Inuit communities by 2030, it must first address the severe housing shortage across the Inuit homeland.

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