Helicobacter pylori infection in Canada’s arctic: Searching for the solutions

• Main Authors: Cheung, Justin, Goodman, Karen, Munday, Rachel, Heavner, Karen, Huntington, Janis, Morse, John, van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen, Fedorak, Richard N, Corriveau, Andre, Bailey, Robert J
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Pulsus Group Inc 2008
• Subjects: Commentary; Aklavik; Arctic; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661193; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19018336

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.