Quebec: TB outbreak hits Nunavik community- TB cases slowed

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/05/11/north-nunavik-tuberculosis.html

TB outbreak hits Nunavik community
30 active cases of tuberculosis diagnosed since last fall
CBC News
Posted: May 11, 2012 11:55 AM CT
Last Updated: May 11, 2012 12:46 PM CT

Nunavik health officials are dealing with an outbreak of tuberculosis in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Que.

More than 30 active cases have been diagnosed since last fall...

 

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Source: http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stori...officials_move_quickly_to_latest_tb_outbreak/

NEWS: Nunavik May 11, 2012 - 8:50 am
Nunavik public health officials move quickly to quash latest TB outbreak
More than 30 cases of active tuberculosis have been detected in Kangiqsualujjuaq
JANE GEORGE

Nunavik?s public health department plans to take swift action to curb an outbreak of tuberculosis in the Ungava Bay community of Kangiqsualujjuaq.

That includes sending in a portable x-ray machine, epidemiologists trained to investigate infectious disease outbreaks and community health workers, said Dr. Serge D?ry, the director of public health for Nunavik...

 

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Source: http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stori...ups_the_fight_against_tb_in_kangiqsualujjuaq/

Nunavik public health ups the fight against TB in Kangiqsualujjuaq
Plans include vaccination of all kids born after 2004
JANE GEORGE

KUUJJUAQ ? With the tally of active tuberculosis cases detected in Kangiqsualujjuaq now at 46 (up from 33 earlier this month), the Nunavik public health department continues to fight the outbreak in the Ungava Bay community of 800...

 

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NEWS: Nunavik May 30, 2012 - 9:31 am
Nunavik public health director pleads for cooperation in curbing TB outbreak
Active tuberculosis cases in Kangiqsualujjuaq at 48
JANE GEORGE

PUVIRNITUQ ? With the number of active tuberculosis cases in Kangiqsualujjuaq now at 48 (up from 46 on May 25 and 33 earlier this month), Nunavik?s director of public health visited Puvirnituq May 30 to rally public support for efforts to end the largest TB outbreak Nunavik has seen since 2004...

Since 2004, there have been 137 cases in Nunavik, Dr. Serge D?ry told counsellors at the Kativik Regional Government meeting...

 

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/06/05/north-nunavik-tb-outbreak.html

Nunavik community's TB outbreak continues
Public health to begin vaccinating children in Kangiqsualujjuaq
CBC News
Posted: Jun 5, 2012 12:31 PM CT
Last Updated: Jun 5, 2012 1:26 PM CT

The number of active tuberculosis cases in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Que., has risen to 52, with almost 20 of those cases reported within the past month.

Serge Dery, director of Public Health for the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, said BCG vaccinations will begin for children in Kangiqsualujjuaq in the next few weeks.

BCG vaccination, which helps protect babies and children from the most severe forms of TB, was discontinued in Nunavik and the rest of Quebec in 2005...

 

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/06/08/north-nunavut-vaccine-ration.html

Nunavut rations TB vaccine due to shortage
Manufacturer not sure when production problem will be fixed
CBC News
Posted: Jun 8, 2012 4:42 PM CT
Last Updated: Jun 8, 2012 4:51 PM CT


Nunavut is rationing a tuberculosis vaccine after the drug manufacturer stopped distributing it two months ago.

The BCG vaccine is normally given to newborns because of the high rate of tuberculosis in the territory. Nunavut's TB rate is about 75 times the national average, according to the Canadian Medical Association.

The vaccine protects against serious forms of TB for two years. Right now the territory has enough vaccine for about half of the babies that are expected to be born this year, and more might not be available until the fall.

Maureen Baikie, Nunavut's deputy chief medical officer, said parents who want the BCG vaccine will be able to get it, but they may have to wait.

?It may be a few months before we're able to get it to every child, but we don't expect there to be any adverse effects on their child due to this supply issue,? she said.

Nurses will be giving the BCG vaccine in batches. The territory has 40 vials left and each vial contains 10 doses, but they must be used within eight hours of the vial being opened. That means a newborn will have to wait until nine other little girls and boys are ready for their vaccine...

 

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NEWS: Nunavik June 28, 2012 - 3:06 pm
Nunavik works to control TB outbreak, without TB vaccine
Number of active tuberculosis cases in Kangiqsualujjuaq pegged at 68
NUNATSIAQ NEWS

A plan to squash a tuberculosis outbreak in Kangiqsualujjuaq has hit a bump: the Bacille Calmette-Gu?rin or BCG vaccine, which regional heath officials wanted to give children up to age seven in that Nunavik community, is no longer available.

That?s because all stocks of BCG vaccine, which provides 80 per cent protection against TB for 15 years, have been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur.

Health Canada announced earlier this month that the company had withdrawn 4,700 vials of the vaccine from circulation. The company withdrew an earlier 1,000 vials from circulation this past April.

Supplies the TB vaccine given to most Nunavut infants have also dried up...

 

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/07/03/north-nunavik-tb-outbreak.html

TB cases increasing in Nunavik community
CBC News
Posted: Jul 3, 2012 7:19 AM CT
Last Updated: Jul 3, 2012 9:41 AM CT

The number of active tuberculosis cases in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik, has risen to 68.

The small northern Quebec community of less than 900 people has been experiencing an outbreak of the disease.

Almost 20 new cases of TB were reported in the past month...

 

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TB outbreak continues in Northern Quebec community
Health experts say social factors contributing to disease's spread
CBC News
Posted: Jul 6, 2012 11:21 AM CT
Last Updated: Jul 6, 2012 12:23 PM CT

The number of active tuberculosis cases continues to climb in a northern Quebec community, where almost eight per cent of the population has been infected.

Provincial and federal health officials are teaming up to tackle the outbreak in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik...

 

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Source: http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stori...tbreak_in_nunavik_resolved_says_health_board/

NEWS: Nunavik August 27, 2012 - 9:21 am
TB outbreak in Nunavik ?resolved,? says health board
Only one new case of tuberculosis detected over the past month
NUNATSIAQ NEWS

The detection of new case of active tuberculosis in the Nunavik community of Kangiqsualujjaq has finally decreased, says an Aug. 27 update from the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services.

The health board said it considers that ?the tuberculosis outbreak in Kangiqsualujjuaq is currently in the process of being resolved...?

 

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/08/30/north-nunavik-tb-outbreak.html


Nunavik TB outbreak under control, say health officials
1 new case of tuberculosis in Kangiqsualujjuaq in last month
CBC News
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 8:46 AM CT
Last Updated: Aug 31, 2012 9:28 AM CT

Quebec Health officials say a tuberculosis outbreak in Kangiqsualujjuaq this summer now appears to be under control.

The small Nunavik community had a dramatic spike in the number of active TB cases...

 

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NEWS: Nunavik October 12, 2012 - 10:30 am
TB outbreak in Nunavik ?currently being resolved,? health board says
Only one new TB case reported in Kangiqsualujjuaq since the beginning of August
NUNATSIAQ NEWS

The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services says it?s ?taken stock of the tuberculosis cases in Nunavik.?

Since November 2011, 90 cases of TB originating in Kangiqsualujjuaq were reported to its department of public health, the health board said Oct. 11.

The peak of the outbreak was observed last May: during that month, some 20 cases were reported, while June and July each saw about 15 cases.

Over the past two and one half months, only one new case of TB was reported in the community of Kangiqsualujjuaq, the health board said...