Foreign Affairs committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, there's an open invitation, if this committee or some of its members are in Africa, to come to see us, which is the best way to understand. We would be more than happy to organize a visit, if some of you are in Africa or in the endemic zone. Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Bring a bottle of Canadian wine, and yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  The research on a vaccine for a parasite is always very difficult and costs a lot of money. I would like to inform you here that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested a lot of money in that research and development. That's research in different projects, the one in

Foreign Affairs committee  If I may, on that specific question, madam, I just came back from a mission in Cameroon and Benin. We try to meet more and more of the private sector and explain it to them with numbers. We have some companies that are fighting malaria already today who come with us. We organize

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, it's the same for the Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Canada was a member of the partnership years ago, but they've left the partnership now. Our main donors are U.S., U.K., France, and such countries. Canada is not a member of the partnership, but Canada is supporting the Gl

Foreign Affairs committee  The budget of what we call the RBM Partnership Secretariat is a small one. In total, it is about $20 million. In other words, we are not a huge organization. One of our priorities at the moment is to make sure that we help the countries. Basically, the countries are the priority.

Foreign Affairs committee  I suppose you're referring to Malarone or products similar to Malarone. The preventive medicines are used more by people travelling to those countries, because when you are living in a non-endemic country, you cannot take it every day for medical reasons and for financial reasons

Foreign Affairs committee  That is a population in a country where mosquitoes carry the disease of malaria, which is 90% of the people in sub-Saharan Africa, but there are also many countries in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and South America.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the problem of resistance is really an important problem. As in the past, Southeast Asia is often historically the region where the first problem of resistance occurs, meaning that the actual medicine called ACT, which was working very well, doesn't work as well anymor

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. The partnership is very important. If you are fighting malaria by yourself, coordination will not be possible, the result not be as good and the cost will be higher. The idea of the partnership is to bring together all the economic players, the donor

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will do the beginning of my presentation in French and then switch to English. Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Hervé Verhoosel. I represent the Roll Back Malaria partnership at the UN. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has m