OTTAWA - Canada will contribute just over $1 billion over three years to the Global Fund to fight infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries.

Cindy Termorshuizen, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s personal representative at the G20 summit in South Africa, made the announcement Friday in Johannesburg ahead of Carney’s arrival at the summit.

The Global Fund helps fight diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Canada has supported the fund since its inception in 2002.

Its programs distribute mosquito nets to protect populations from malaria and provide medication and treatments to people living with HIV and tuberculosis.

The new contribution is $190 million lower than Canada’s last contribution to the Global Fund, announced in 2022. That $1.21 billion contribution over three

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