TAIMA TB Community Feast will be held
Thursday March 22, 6pm at the Anglican Parish Hall
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TAIMA TB is a new public health campaign happening in Iqaluit that will enhance the existing preventative efforts in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in Nunavut. The project has two phases.

Phase 1 of the project focuses on increasing TB awareness and knowledge in Iqaluit by engaging and educating the community through gatherings, focus groups, and social media including this website, YouTube videos and Facebook page.

Phase 2 is a door to door TB awareness campaign offering in home information sessions, screening and treatment of sleeping/latent TB infection (LTBI).

Taima TB is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Partners include the Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute at the University of Ottawa; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; the National Aboriginal Health Organization; and the New Brunswick Lung Association.