Veterans Affairs committee  For many years now, the primary role of the Department of Veterans Affairs has been to ensure that the treatment services for veterans are paid for. So we now have a lot of data about all the services for a whole generation that were paid for. By and large, veterans have treatmen

Veterans Affairs committee  We also have made a substantial investment over the last five years or so in online resources, primarily directed at our younger veteran cohort. We have a website, which is the main go-to place for information about mental health support and services. It's accessible from the Dep

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. In Australia the first-line drug is doxycycline. That's by far the most widely used.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Ms. Mathyssen. Just to correct the record, our discussions with Veterans Affairs Canada have ranged across our mutual research interests. We haven't at this point specifically discussed mefloquine, but I certainly would like to convey the impression that we are very w

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not sure how many page views, for example, that information has had. As you noted, it's administered by our colleagues in the Department of Defence, but we do get informal feedback from people that the information provided there is helpful in addressing some of their concerns

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, definitely.

Veterans Affairs committee  Potentially there is, Ms. Wagantall. We're very interested in doing some research in this area. We have an investigation under way through our Repatriation Medical Authority, the statutory body that sets the rules under which compensation claims are determined. They're doing a

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm Veronica Hancock, assistant secretary of the policy branch in the health and community services division.

Veterans Affairs committee  This is Veronica Hancock, from the health and community services division.

Veterans Affairs committee  In Australia, for our defence forces, mefloquine has been used only as a third-line drug for malaria resistance. The the majority of our forces who are serving in malaria-prone areas are actually receiving other drugs. The numbers involved in Australia who have had mefloquine are