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Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
Canada’s $1.02 billion pledge to the Global Fund for 2026–2028 is 17% less than before, marking its first-ever funding cut amid global donor reductions, officials said.
- On Friday in Johannesburg, Cindy Termorshuizen, Prime Minister Mark Carney's personal representative, announced Canada will contribute just over $1 billion over three years to the Global Fund, marking Carney's first-ever funding cut.
- Global Affairs Canada said the pledge reflects continued leadership while aligning with broader domestic priorities and recalibrating contributions to a pre-pandemic scale; Germany and the United Kingdom also cut funding by 17 and about 15 per cent.
- Numbers show the change clearly: Canada’s $1.02 billion contribution for 2026 to 2028 is $190 million lower than its $1.21 billion 2022 pledge, while the fund had raised US$11.4 billion as of Friday.
- Advocates reacted sharply, saying the cut undermines progress against three of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, with Justin McAuley calling it `the wrong move at the wrong time` and Adam Houston `deeply disappointed`.
- At the Johannesburg summits, advocates warned that cuts threaten Global Fund programs distributing mosquito nets and treatments for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria amid summit chair Cyril Ramaphosa’s focus on inequality.
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Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney has made Canada’s first-ever cut to funding for a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries — a move that has been sharply criticized by Canada’s development sector. The announcement of Canada’s $1 billion contribution to the Global Fund — down more than 17 per […]
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