Canada needs to step up to fight malaria
By Letter to the Editor on April 22, 2019.
April 25 is World Malaria Day. Malaria threatens almost half the global population. Hundreds of thousands die each year. New strains of multi-drug resistant malaria are emerging and need to be destroyed quickly before they have a chance to spread and create a global catastrophe. Thankfully, the world has a powerful tool – the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. But it takes resources. This year the Global Fund is due for replenishment. Canada is among the least generous of aid donors among industrialized nations, yet with the world at a crossroads with malaria, it’s critical that we at last step up and contribute our fair share of funding. Nathaniel Poole Victoria, B.C. 7-6
