Nunavik TB rates among ‘highest rates in the world’, expert says – Nunatsiaq News

Mar 25, 2025

Says infection rate compares to low-resource places ‘such as prisons’

In 2024, Nunavik saw its highest number of tuberculosis cases since the regional health board started keeping detailed records and has increased screening in communities to control the spread.

“The rates of tuberculosis we see in Nunavik are comparable to countries with the highest rates in the world,” said Yassen Tcholakov, an infectious disease unit leader at Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, in a French interview.

“Some communities have rates that are not even comparable to normal environments. They have rates that can be seen in places with extremely low resources, such as prisons.”

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