Photo: Taima TB shares its results

Speaking March 22 at Iqaluit’s public health office, Dr. Gonzalo Alvarez said last year’s Iqaluit-based project Taima TB was successful: it detected four active cases of tuberculosis,and provided people with information about tuberculosis in Inuktitut that they can use to stay healthy and reduced the stigma around TB. Taima TB will be extended to two other Nunavut communities in 2012. Read more on Nunatsiaqonline.ca about Taima TB’s progress report for 2011-12. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)