Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canada’s Arctic: Searching for the Solutions

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
• Main Authors: Justin Cheung, Karen Goodman, Rachel Munday, Karen Heavner, Janis Huntington, John Morse, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Richard N Fedorak, Andre Corriveau, Robert J Bailey, for the CANHelp working group
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology; RC799-869; Aklavik; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/614538; https://doaj.org/article/ff21c90705a14a99ab601ef69189ee31

The Canadian North Helicobacter pylori (CANHelp) working group is a team composed of investigators, health officials and community leaders from Alberta and the Northwest Territories. The group’s initial goals are to investigate the impact of H pylori infection on Canada’s Arctic communities; subsequent goals include identifying treatment strategies that are effective in this region and developing recommendations for health policy aimed at management of H pylori infection. The team’s investigations have begun with the Aklavik H pylori Project in the Aboriginal community of Aklavik, Northwest Territories.