Departments of Biology and International Development, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2019 Jun;9(2):89-92. doi: 10.2991/jegh.k.190314.002.
Despite global strides made in prevention and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains an acute problem for Indigenous people in Canada. TB affects Indigenous communities at significantly higher rates than the general Canadian population, for whom it is a disease of the past. This paper suggests how colonialism and its history of violence have shaped the face of TB in Canada, and thus how TB is a telling point of analysis for considering the lack of equity and equality in healthcare delivery in Canada.
尽管在预防和治疗方面取得了全球进展,但结核病(TB)仍然是加拿大原住民面临的一个严重问题。结核病在原住民社区的发病率明显高于加拿大普通人群,后者认为结核病已经成为过去。本文探讨了殖民主义及其历史上的暴力行为如何塑造了加拿大结核病的面貌,因此结核病成为分析加拿大医疗保健服务缺乏公平和平等的一个重要切入点。