Summary
Key Points
- Although tuberculosis (TB) disease is preventable and curable, it affects nearly 11 million people worldwide each year, more than 2000 of whom live in Canada.
- In Canada, TB overwhelmingly affects Indigenous people and those born outside the country.
- To facilitate progress to TB elimination, political will and leadership should support the implementation of 4 key solutions: creation of a national body to lead the TB response; improved availability and usability of national TB surveillance data; increased access to essential TB medications; and better funding for TB research and development both domestically and internationally.
