00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.856223 CaOODSP 20221107155505 cr ||||||||||| 180507s2018 onc |o f|0| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- HP5-130/2018E-PDF Tam, Theresa. The time is now [electronic resource] : CPHO spotlight on eliminating tuberculosis in Canada / [Theresa Tam]. CPHO spotlight on eliminating tuberculosis in Canada Chief Public Health Officer spotlight on eliminating tuberculosis in Canada [Ottawa : Public Health Agency of Canada, 2018] 25 p. : col. ill. Issued also in French under title: Le moment d'agir : pleins feux de l'ACSP sur l'élimination de la tuberculose au Canada. Cover title. Includes bibliographic references. "Tuberculosis (TB) is the epitome of inequity in public health; it is a social disease with a medical aspect. As this report makes clear, social determinants of health such as poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing and overcrowding contribute to health inequity and are significant underlying risk factors for TB. While Canada has come a long way toward reaching TB elimination with the advent of antibiotics and overall improvement in socio-economic conditions, progress has plateaued since the 1980s"--p. 2. gccst Infectious diseases Public Health Agency of Canada. Le moment d'agir (CaOODSP)9.856224 PDF 841 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/aspc-phac/HP5-130-2018-eng.pdf