Saturday, March 24 is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. This is important as TB has now eclipsed HIV and malaria as the worldB次元官网网址檚 greatest killer. A decline in funding has resulted in the TB epidemic spreading, with antibiotic resistant strains flourishing. TB is easily and cheaply treated but as a disease of the poor the world for too long has looked the other way.
And this isnB次元官网网址檛 a developing world problem. TB is endemic among CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Indigenous peoples. Reconciliation for past abuses is supposed to be a priority for our governments and yet as long as Canada allows TB to flourish in Indigenous communities, we are failing in this responsibility. TB only persists in the face of neglect.
Canadians need the federal government to take on this killer, both at home and abroad.
Nathaniel Poole
Victoria
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