Media advisory: Minister Philpott and ITK President, Natan Obed, To Announce a Target Date For The Elimination of Tuberculosis Across Inuit Nunangat

From Indigenous Services Canada

Ottawa – Please be advised that the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, together with Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), will announce a target date for the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) across Inuit Nunangat. The announcement will take place on the eve of World Tuberculosis Day. Rates of TB among Inuit were more than 290 times higher than in the Canadian-born, non-Indigenous population in 2016 and have been trending upwards.

A brief media availability will take place following the announcement. Tuberculosis experts will also be present to answer any technical questions.

Date: Friday, March 23, 2018

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. (EDT).
Arrive at 8:45 a.m. for camera set-up.

Where: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
75 Albert St.
Suite 1101
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5E7

For more information:

Andrew MacKendrick
Office of the Honourable Jane Philpott,
Minister of Indigenous Services
819-956-5372

Erin Brandt Filliter / ᐃᐅᕆᓐ ᕗᕌᓐᑦ ᕕᓕᑕ
Director of Communications
/ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᕐᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑕᐅᑎᑎᑦᑎᕐᒧᑦ
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami / ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ
613-238-8181 ext. 272

ISC Media Relations
819-953-1160
aadnc.publicaffairsteam.aandc@canada.ca

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