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Letter: Canada must pay its fair share to fight global diseases

Editor: It’s time for Canada to provide its share of the Global Fund to fight HIV, Malaria, and TB, due for replenishment this year.
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More than 820,000 people had HIV/AIDS in China at the end of June, up by 100,000 year-on-year.

Editor:

It’s time for Canada to provide its share of the Global Fund to fight HIV, Malaria, and TB, due for replenishment this year.

A fully funded Global Fund will cut the death toll of HIV malaria and TB in half, saving 16 million lives - almost half the population of Canada - and provide an economic boost for the poorest nations of  $19 for every dollar invested.

These diseases strike women and children the hardest, the backbone of community life. With the federal government’s focus on child and maternal health, Canadians expect our share of the Global Fund contribution to be timely and robust.

May Chan, Victoria