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The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A2
Dear Prime Minister
The Eighth Replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria (the Global Fund) will take place in November this year, co-hosted by the Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom. This marks a pivotal moment in the fight against the world’s three deadliest infectious diseases and in our progress on delivering the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ensuring that No One Is Left Behind.
Canada has long been a crucial partner as the seventh largest funder of the Global Fund and an ardent defender of human rights, gender equality, and global health. Canada’s continued leadership on the global stage is more critical than ever. As the 2025 President of the G7 and a longstanding partner of the Global Fund, Canada’s bold pledge to the Eighth Replenishment is one of the most effective ways to save lives, improve the health of millions, protect human rights, and reinforce global security and prosperity for all. As the G7 President and an alumni host of a Global Fund Replenishment (2016), Canada now holds a particular diplomatic role, responsibility and privilege to lead by example, setting the bar for other governments to follow.
We, the undersigned organizations, represent communities affected by HIV, TB, and malaria, as well as civil society allies in Canada and around the world. Together, we are calling on the Government of Canada to demonstrate its continued leadership in global health and human rights with a pledge of CAD$457 million per year (CAD$1.37 billion over three years) to the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment.
Good health and well-being (SDG 3) are both a cause and a consequence of sustainable development. They are decisive foundations for ensuring strong, productive, and resilient societies with extensive evidence showing immense return on investment, economic benefit for other sectors, and value for money. Investing in the Global Fund is a strategic choice that closely aligns with Canada’s priorities of global leadership and security, inclusive economic growth, human rights protections, gender equality, and sustainable development.
Over the past two decades, working hand-in-hand with communities most affected by the three diseases, governments (implementers and donors), the private sector, civil society and technical partners, the Global Fund partnership has saved 70 million lives. Together, our impact has been monumental. For instance, incidence rates across the three diseases have fallen by 42% and we have successfully achieved a 63% reduction in the combined death rate from AIDS, TB, and malaria. These investments in health not only save lives, they bolster communities, strengthen critical health systems and essential infrastructure, and drive economic productivity and broader socioeconomic development.
With a target of at least US$18 billion, a fully funded Eighth Replenishment would save 23 million more lives, prevent 400 million new infections, and further reduce mortality rates. A fully funded Global Fund would also enable other lifesaving impacts including:
- Strengthened pandemic preparedness, protecting people and communities here in Canada and around the world through investments in diagnostics, community health workers, disease surveillance systems, and resilient community-led responses;
- Improved climate resilience by supporting health and community systems to prepare for and withstand climate shocks and vector-borne disease threats;
- Strong economic dividends, with an estimated US$19 generated for every dollar invested. This could contribute to an estimated US$323 billion over the next three years alone;
- Enhanced global stability and equity by addressing the root causes of poverty and insecurity; and
- Ensured human rights protections for the most marginalized and criminalized populations in contexts where they are now under threat.
Canada is part of a global community and therefore holds a responsibility to protect the well-being of people everywhere. Our shared learnings from the recent COVID-19 pandemic show us that an outbreak somewhere can rapidly escalate into a global health crisis with profound human and economic costs. Global health security must be prioritized alongside the broader security agenda; it is not an either/or dilemma. Fighting deadly infectious diseases is in all of our interest. History has taught us that global disease outbreaks are inevitable, but epidemics and pandemics are preventable.
We must protect and accelerate the remarkable gains that we have realized since the Global Fund Partnership was created in 2002. Canada has invested billions, both domestically and internationally, to tackle AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. If we retreat now, those taxpayer dollars—and millions of lives—are at risk. Continuing this fight until it is won is both a moral imperative and a matter of sound fiscal stewardship. We call on Canada to lead by example and pledge CAD$1.37 billion over three years to the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment. With Canada’s bold leadership, smart investment, and the full use of the tools that we have at hand, we can take the next decisive step to end AIDS, TB, and malaria and build a healthier, more secure future for all.
CC: Hon. Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development)
Hon. Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board
Signed,
HIV Legal Network
(Canada)
Stephen Lewis Foundation
(Canada)
On behalf of the undersigned:
Canadian Organizations
Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
Action Canada pour la santé et les droits sexuels
Ottawa, ON
Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC
Burnaby, BC
AIDS Activist History Project
Ottawa, ON
AIDS Committee of Durham Region (ACDR)
Comité du SIDA de la région de Durham
Ajax, ON
AIDS Committee of North Bay and Area
Comite du sida de North Bay et de la région
North Bay, ON
AIDS Committee of Ottawa
Comite du sida d’Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
AIDS Committee of Toronto
Comité sida de Toronto
Toronto, ON
AIDS Community Care Montreal (ACCM)
SIDA Bénévoles Montréal
Montreal, QC
Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention
Toronto, ON
Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network on the Social and Behavioural Aspects of HIV and HCV (AIRN)
Réseau de recherche interdisciplinaire de l’Atlantique
Atlantic Canada
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Centre d’excellence sur le VIH/sida de la Colombie-Britannique
Vancouver, BC
BC Coalition of Experiential Communities Association
Vancouver, BC
Blooms for Africa (a 27-member Grandmothers group within the Stephen Lewis Foundation)
Hamilton, ON
Bruce House
Ottawa, ON
Campbell River Grandmothers to Grandmothers (SLF)
Campbell River, BC
Canadian AIDS Society (CAS)
Société canadienne du sida (SCS)
Ajax, ON
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les drogues (CCPD)
Vancouver, BC
Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health
Partenariat canadien pour la santé des femmes et des enfants
ON
Canadian Positive People Network
Reseau Canadien Des Personnes positives
Ajax, ON
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Étudiant.es Canadien.nes pour les Politiques Éclairées sur les Substances Psychoactives
National
CATIE
National
CAYR Community Connections
Newmarket, ON
Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida (COCQ-SIDA)
Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida (COCQ-SIDA)
Montréal, QC
Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC)
Centre de recherche communautaire (CBRC)
Vancouver, BC
Egale Canada
Toronto, ON
Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education
Equitas – Centre international d’éducation aux droits humains
Montreal, QC
Fondation Émergence
Montréal, QC
Glacier Grannies (Grandmothers Group with 71 members affiliated with the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation)
Comox Valley, BC
Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN)
Ottawa, ON
Global Sentinels Movement
Ottawa, ON
Grandmothers Advocacy Network
Mouvement de soutien des grands-mères
Ottawa, ON
Grandmothers and Grandothers
Barrie, ON
Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation
Edmonton, AB
Grannies Aid for Africa
Hudson, QC
Grannies for Good (Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of The Stephen Lewis Foundation)
Montreal, QC
Guelph Community Health Centre
Guelph, ON
HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO)
Clinique d’aide juridique VIH-SIDA de l’Ontario
Toronto, ON
HIV West Yellowhead Society aka Options HIV West Yellowhead
AB
InclusHIV Consulting
Barrie, ON
Langs Farm Village Association
Cambridge, ON
Lexian Life Coaching
Port Severn, ON
Médecins du Monde International Network
Réseau international de Médecins du Monde
Paris, France et Montréal, ON
Merville Grandmothers
Merville, BC
Moyo Health and Community Services
Peel, ON
Nelson Grans to Grans (Grandmothers Group)
Nelson, BC
OCASI – Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Toronto, ON
Old Orchard Blossoms Grandmothers Group (supporting The Stephen Lewis Foundation)
Toronto, ON
ONE the Campaign
Campagne ONE
Ottawa, ON
Ontario AIDS Network
Toronto, ON
PAN
BC
Partners In Health Canada
Toronto, ON
PEERS Alliance
Charlottetown, PEI
Peterborough AIDS Resource Network
Peterborough, ON
Plan International Canada
Cornwall, ON
Queer Momentum
Halifax, NS
Rainbow Railroad
Toronto, ON
REACH Nexus at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, ON
Realize
Réalise
Toronto, ON
Results Canada
Résultats Canada
Victoria, BC
Save the Children Canada
Toronto, ON
Stop TB Canada
Ottawa, ON
Thrive HIV Prevention & Support
Waterloo Region, Guelph, and Wellington County, ON
Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance
Toronto, ON
Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
Toronto, ON
Uzima Women Relief Group International
Scarborough, ON
Vancouver Island Persons with HIV/AIDS Society
Victoria, BC
Victoria Grandmothers For Africa
Victoria, BC
International Organizations
Action for Community Development Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Action pour la Défense de l’Éducation, de la santé, et de l’Environnement au Niger (ONG ADESEN-NAFA)
Niamey, Niger
ACTION POUR LA RESTAURATION DE LA PAIX ET LA JUSTICE (ARPJ ASBL)
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Advocacy Core Team
Harare, Zimbabwe
Africa Japan Forum
Tokyo, Japan
African Network of Adolescents and Young Persons Development (ANAYD)
Abuja, Nigeria
AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)
Alliance pour le sida et les droits en Afrique australe (ARASA)
Namibia
APCOM Foundation
Bangkok, Thailand
And Soppeku
Dakar, Senegal
Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio e Intervención en Drogas (ACEID)
San José, Costa Rica
Association camerounaise pour l’épanouissement et l’autonomisation des personnes vulnérables (Asceaupev+)
Yaounde, Cameroon
Association de Lutte Contre le Sida (ALCS)
Casablanca, Morocco
Association des jeunes juristes du Niger
Niamey, Niger
Association des jeunes pour les développements de la région du Nord
Garoua, Cameroon
ASSOCIATION EMARD JEUNESSE INFRASTRUCTURES en sigle AEJI
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Association For Promotion Sustainable Development
Hansi, India
Association nigérienne des scouts de l’environnement (ANSEN)
Niamey, Niger
Association of Former Tuberculosis Patients of Benin
Association des Anciens Patients Tuberculeux du Bénin (ASSAP-TB/BENIN)
Cotonou, Benin
Association pour la santé communautaire
Kaélé, Cameroon
Association Tous Ensemble pour le Développement
Maroua, Cameroon
Association YEMINI SANTE
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
AVIL (Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League)
Australia
Benevolent Integrated Development and Care Foundation
Iganga, Uganda
BETTER FUTURE
Nkongsamba, Cameroon
Better Life Restoration Initiative BERI
Bauchi State, Nigeria
BHASO (Batanai HIV and AIDS Support Group)
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Botswana Labour Migrants Association
Molepolole, Botswana
Cameroon Association For the Promotion of Albino (CAPA)
Association pour la promotion des albinos au Cameroun APAC
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Centre d’expertise en Droits Humains et Criminologie (CEDHUC)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Child/Women Welfare Foundation
Kumba, Cameroon
Children In Distress (CINDI) Kitwe Trust
Kitwe, Zambia
Children with Future in Zambia
Kitwe, Zambia
Christ Soldiers Foundation NGO
Accra, Ghana
Civil Society for Malaria Elimination
SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE POUR L’ÉLIMINATION DU PALUDISME
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Coalition Anti Sida (cas)
Bamako, Mali
Coalition PLUS
France
Comité de Suivi, de Veille et d’Alerte pour le financement de la Santé ( CSVA)
Dakar, Senegal
Community Research in Environment and Development Initiatives (CREADIS)
Bungoma County, Kenya
Corps des Jeunes contre le Paludisme de la RDC
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Correlation-European Harm Reduction Network
Amsterdam, Netherlancds
Deliberar ORG
Colombia
Developing Families Together (DFT)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Drug Injecting Services in Canterbury Trust
Christchurch, New Zealand
ECOM – Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
Tallinn, Estonia
Education For All (E4A)
Maroua, Cameroon
Empower India
Thoothukudi, India
Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA)
Vilnius, Lithuania
European Network of People who Use Drugs
Réseau européen des usagers de drogues (EuroNPUD)
Leer, Germany
Foreningen for Human Ruspolitikk (FHR) / Norwegian Association for Humane Drug Policy (FHR)
L’Association Norvégienne pour des Politiques des Drogues Humaines
Oslo, Norway
Funders Concerned About AIDS
Washington, USA
GHPN-KE
Kenya
Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific (GFAN AP)
Asia-Pacific
Global Network of Young People Living With HIV (Y+ Global)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Grandmothers Consortium
Seeta, Uganda
Guardian Angels Care And Support Centre Organisation
Center Welkom, South Africa
Harm Reduction International
Liverpool, UK
Health for Children Organization
Singida Region, Tanzania
Help For progressive Women Foundation
Adamawa State, Nigeria
Help The Children International
Bertoua, Cameroon
HIV Justice Network
Amsterdam, Netherlands
HIV/AIDS PEOPLE ALLIANCE of KENYA
Mombasa County, Kenya
HODSAS
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hope for Future Generations-Ghana
Accra, Ghana
Hope Tariro Trust
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Human rights organization ODH, Mozambique-Africa
Mozambique
ICF “Alliance for Public Health”
Ukraine
ICHANGE
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
IDUCARE
Cebu City, Philippines
Impact santé Afrique
Yaoundé, Cameroon
India HIV AIDS alliance
Delhi, India
Initiative For Persons Infected and Affected Masaka
Masaka, Uganda
Initiative for the Promotion of Community Action-IPAC
Initiative pour la Promotion de l’Action Communautaire-IPAC
Bujumbura, Burundi
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
Consortium international sur les politiques des drogues
Global
International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD)
UK
Jimma Zone Health Office
Jimma Town, Ethiopia
Kared For Women Development Programme
Kenya
KeNPUD
Nairobi, Kenya
Kirinyaga Men Of Hope (MoHo)
Kenya
LEAP UK
UK
Legalize NL
Amsterdam, Netherlands
LGBT Voice Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Light youth group cbo
Kisumu, Kenya
Maasai Women Development Organization-MWEDO
Tanzania
MAAYGO
Kisumu, Kenya
Mainline
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Malaria and childhood illness NGO network secretariat
Kampala, Uganda
MATRAM – Mozambique Treatment Access Movement
Maputo, Mozambique
Men for Sexual Health and Rights ODSAS RDCongo
Homme pour les droits et la santé sexuelle ODSAS RDCongo
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
L’Association Nationale de lutte contre le Sida – Sénégal
Dakar, Senegal
Maison de la Culture des Diversités Humaines
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
MPEG
Thika, Kenya
Muslim Education and Welfare Association ( MEWA)
Mombasa, Kenya
Mzilikazi Miners Exminers Association
Zambezi, Namibia
National Association for People living with HIV/AIDS in Malawi (NAPHAM)
Lilongwe, Malawi
Nexus social care foundation
Damaturu, Nigeria
Nsambya Homecare, St. Francis Hospital Nsambya
Kampala, Uganda
Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project
Kampala, Uganda
ONG Kéké Viviane Traoré Humanity Assistance KVT-HA
ONG Kéké Viviane Traoré Humanity Assistance
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
ONG SEMHY-CI Service d’Éradication de Mobilisation et Hygiène en Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire
ONG Tous Ensemble pour le Développement
Niamey, Niger
ONG VIE PLUS
Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
ORGANISATION CONGO PREVENTION SECOURS OCPS
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
PASADA
Dar e Salaam, Tanzania
Partenariat pour l’Education la Réinsertion et l’Epanouissement Social (PERLE SOCIALE ONG)
Savalou, Benin
Positive Life Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Positive Vision Cameroon
Bamenda, Cameroon
Pride Pakistan
Pakistan
Promotion of Health and Education of Young People Association (APROSEJ)
Association pour la Promotion de la Santé et l’Education des Jeunes (APROSEJ)
Douala, Cameroon
Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Rajmala Welfare Society
New Delhi, India
Ringa Women Fighting Aids group (RWFAG)
Kenya
Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and Health Promotion
Rwanda
Santé Espoir Vie
Santé Espoir Vie
Guinea
Senegalese Association for Harm Reduction
Association Sénégalaise pour la Réduction des Risques chez les groupes vulnérables (ASRDR)
Dakar, Senegal
Society for Women and AIDS in Africa , Ghana (SWAA-Ghana)
Accra, Ghana
SOLDIS : Solidarity for Development and Public Health Initiatives
SOLDIS : Solidarité pour le Développement et les Initiatives de Santé publique/
Bafoussam, Cameroon
Sophiatown Community Psychological Services
Johannesburg, South Africa
Southern Africa Miners Association (SAMA)
Sandton, South Africa
St Joseph’s Hospice
Livingstone, Zambia
St. Francis Health Care Services
Jinja, Uganda
Stepping Stones Kenya Network
Kisumu, Kenya
STOPAIDS
London, UK
StoptheDrugWar.org
Washington, USA
Swaziland AIDS Support Organisation
Eswatini
Tanzania NGOs for Malaria Elimination Network ( TANMEN)
Singida, Tanzania
Tanzania organization of serving orphans and vulnerable (TOSOVC)
Mpanda District, Tanzania
TB Women
TB Femme
Global
Together For Women’s Rights (TWR)
Bujumbura, Burundi
Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Bristol, UK
Treatment Action Group
New York City, USA
Twavwane Home Based Care Initiative
Lusaka, Zambia
Uganda Network of AIDS service organizations
Uganda
Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Malaria
Kampala, Uganda
Union Congolaise des organisations des PvVIH (UCOP+)
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
VIH Zéro Transmission Haïti
Pétion-Ville, Haïti
Voices Of Community Action and Leadership (Vocal-Kenya)
Nairobi, Kenya
Watu Centre for Health and Advocacy (WACHA CBO
Kenya
Women’s International Peace Centre
Kira, Uganda
Women4GlobalFund
Femmes pour le Fonds mondial (W4GF)
Global
Y+ Malawi – United! Movement
Mzimba
Young Happy Health and Safe
Chipata, Zambia
Youth RISE (Resources, Information, Support, Education)
Barcelona, Spain
Zeenat Quershi Stroke Institute
Pakistan
International Aids for Sustainable Development
Aide Internationale pour le Développement Durable
Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire