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Syphilis outbreak in Nunavut

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stori...s_wage_latest_health_battle_against_syphilis/

NEWS: Iqaluit September 04, 2012 - 4:25 pm
Nunavut health officials wage new health battle: against syphilis
More than a dozen cases detected in Iqaluit since January 2012
DAVID MURPHY

If you live in Iqaluit and you have sexual relations without a condom, you need to worry about catching a nasty ? and potentially lethal ? sexually transmitted infection: syphilis.

Nunavut doctors say they?re worried about an alarming outbreak of syphilis that started earlier this year in the territory.

The 13 cases of syphilis that have surfaced in Iqaluit since last January prompted officials from the Government of Nunavut?s Department of Health and Social Services to hold a press conference in Iqaluit Sept. 4...
 
Re: Syphilis outbreak in Nunavut

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/10/02/north-iqaluit-syphilis-outbreak.html


Iqaluit syphilis outbreak on the wane
Nunavut health officials say 18 cases diagnosed in city so far
CBC News
Posted: Oct 2, 2012 1:54 PM CT
Last Updated: Oct 2, 2012 2:25 PM CT

There are now 18 cases of syphilis in Iqaluit, up from 13 at the beginning of September, but health officials in Nunavut say the worst of the outbreak is likely over...
 
Re: Syphilis outbreak in Nunavut

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/02/13/north-nunavut-syphilis-continues.html


Nunavut syphilis outbreak spreads beyond Iqaluit
30 cases diagnosed since last year
CBC News
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 8:33 PM CST
Last Updated: Feb 13, 2013 9:03 PM CST

Nunavut?s Department of Health is concerned an outbreak of syphilis that began last year in the territory is still ongoing.

More than 30 cases have been diagnosed since the outbreak began last May in Iqaluit, and the sexually transmitted infection is spreading to other regions...
 
Re: Syphilis outbreak in Nunavut

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/syphilis-outbreak-rages-on-in-nunavut-1.2451454


Syphilis outbreak rages on in Nunavut
74 confirmed cases since May 2012
CBC News Posted: Dec 05, 2013 6:53 AM CT

A syphilis outbreak in Nunavut that began last year continues to concern health officials.

Nunavut health officials say there have been 74 confirmed cases of the sexually-transmitted infection in Nunavut since May 2012 with new cases every week...
 
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