Nunavik ends year with record number of TB cases, as officials promise funding announcement to come – CBC

Dec 11, 2025

‘We need housing, infrastructure, and other social services to all work together in order to fix this’

Nunavik is ending the year with another record number of tuberculosis cases, as provincial and federal officials say more resources are coming to stop the spread of the disease in the region and across Inuit Nunangat.

As of Dec. 10, the region has recorded 112 active cases – the highest reported level in recent history.

Jessika Huard, the tuberculosis elimination program manager at the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS) said that means the region now has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world.

Nunavik ends year with record number of TB cases, as officials promise funding announcement to come – CBC

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