Wraparound health and social supports for newcomers to Canada is essential for addressing TB and stigma related to health conditions, new report finds

August 4, 2021 – Published today, Tackling TB Stigma, a new comprehensive and community-driven report, shows that taking a wraparound approach to health care for newcomers, including hyper-local strategies to deal with stigma around diseases, is the best way to ensure people can address their health issues as soon as possible, and in comprehensive ways. Tuberculosis (TB), and especially the stigma related to the disease, including stigma based in people’s countries of origin, and stigma that’s pervasive here in Canada. The report is published by Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services, a community health centre in Toronto serving refugee and other newcomer populations in many areas across Canada’s largest city.