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A campaign to educate all world travelers about Mefloquine neurotoxicity.
Our MISSION is to provide information to, and encourage the formal establishment of basic health care provisions for, individuals injured by mefloquine.
early canadian advocacy
![John Cummins](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/220px-John-cummins-8313.jpg)
John Cummins
Former Reform MP
![Val Reyes-santiesteban](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Val-Reyes-santiesteban.jpg)
Val Reyes-santiesteban
![Bonnie Toews](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Bonnie-Toews.jpg)
Bonnie Toews
Novelist and former business journalist
![Marj Matchee](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Marj-Matchee.jpg)
Marj Matchee
![Dr. Michele Brill Edwards](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/MicheleBrillEdwards.jpg)
Dr. Michele Brill Edwards
Health Canada's Senior Physician for regulation of clinical trials, 1988 - 1996
recent canadian advocacy
![Hervey Blois](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Hervey-Blois.jpg)
Hervey Blois
Canadian veteran
A medic with the ill-fated Canadian Airborne Regiment’s 1992-93 deployment in Somalia.
![Claude Lalancette](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ClaudeLalancette.jpg)
Claude Lalancette
Canadian veteran
Former member of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, Claude Lalancette, staged a hunger strike to bring the issue of Mefloquine neurotoxicity to the attention of the Canadian Parliament.
![Jessica Konecny](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/14067675_679921048824620_6222296381222526458_n.jpg)
Jessica Konecny
Civilian Traveler
![John Dowe](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/John-Dowe.jpg)
John Dowe
Canadian veteran
John Dowe spent ten years in the Canadian Forces, from 1990-2000, reaching the rank of Master Corporal. In 1993 John deployed to Somalia with the Canadian Airborne Regiment and was a first-hand witness to the controversial events that became known as the Somalia Affair.
![Brandon Kett](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Brandon-Kett.jpg)
Brandon Kett
Canadian veteran
Brandon Kett was given mefloquine when he was sent to Afghanistan in 2007. He was diagnosed as having post-traumatic stress disorder, many of the symptoms of which mimic those associated with mefloquine toxicity.
![Dave Bona](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DaveBona.jpg)
Dave Bona
Canadian veteran
Dave Bona served in the Canadian Airborne Regiment in Somalia, 1992-93, during the events that became known as the Somalia Affair. He later served in Rwanda.
![Bev Skwernuik](https://mefloquineawareness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Bev.jpg)
Bev Skwernuik
Civilian Traveler