Tell Canada: Fund the Fight to End TB by September 30th
PIH conducts an oral cholera vaccination campaign in the neighborhood of Kaningo. Patrick Day, a member of the cholera vaccination team holds a megaphone to alert neighbors that the oral cholera vaccination team is passing through Kaningo, a neighborhood in Freetown, which was affected by the mudslides and flooding, to provide the first dose of the cholera vaccine.
Jon Lascher / Partners In Health
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease. It’s preventable. It’s treatable. And yet, every 20 seconds, someone dies from TB.
Act now: email your MP before September 30th and urge Canada to lead the fight to end TB.
Many in wealthy countries think TB is history, but the reality is stark: over 80% of TB cases and deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. And here in Canada, Inuit in Nunavut experience TB rates more than 300 times higher than the non-Indigenous population. TB is not just a global issue—it’s a Canadian one too.
Why it Matters:
TB kills about 1.3 million people each year—more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Despite being curable, the disease thrives where poverty, inequality, and weak health systems make diagnosis and treatment hard to reach.
Ending TB is about more than medicine, it’s a question of justice. Access to care, food support, and safe housing are just as critical as pills.
Why September 30th?
Because Parliament is preparing for the first federal budget under Prime Minister Mark Carney, to be tabled in October. By then, priorities will already be set. MPs need to hear from Canadians before the end of September so that global health leadership—and the fight to end TB—are included.
Email your MP today and demand that Canada meets the commitments we made to eliminate TB. Together, we can hold Canada accountable and make TB history.