Stop TB Partnership

Canada helps to defeat global tuberculosis epidemic

24 March 2005 -- Ottawa -- Today, on the eve of World Tuberculosis Day, the Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, announced that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will provide $38 million this year in additional support to the fight against tuberculosis (TB).

News editor:

Judith Mandelbaum-Schmid

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Sam Nuttall
Vittorio Cammarota
Young-Ae Chu
Jenniffer Dietrich
Elisabetta Minelli