Canada Announces $1B for Global Fund to Fight Infectious Diseases
Canada has pledged just over $1 billion over three years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, reaffirming its commitment to combating infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries. The announcement came Friday at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, though it represents a reduction from Canada’s previous contribution. A Longstanding Partnership Prime Minister Mark Carney’s personal representative at the G20 summit, Cindy Termorshuizen, made the announcement in Johannesburg ahead of Carney’s arrival at the summit. The commitment underscores Canada’s continued support for the multilateral health partnership, which it has backed since the Global Fund’s inception
