by Mefloquine Awareness | Nov 14, 2016
Former Canadian Airborne soldier Clayton Matchee lives in a North Battleford, Sask., home afflicted with brain damage from a suicide attempt — a desperate act after he was charged in the murder of a Somali teenager. That was more than 20 years ago, during Canada’s...
by Mefloquine Awareness | Oct 28, 2016
Nightmares, delusional paranoia, aggression and thoughts of self-harm. These are some of the severe neurological symptoms experienced by a retired medical assistant in the Canadian Armed Forces after being “ordered” to take an anti-malaria drug while he was stationed...
by Mefloquine Awareness | Oct 27, 2016
Veterans who took part in the Somalia mission of the 1990s, which ended after the murder of a local teenager, blame the anti-malarial drug mefloquine for psychological damage that may have caused the tragedy and say Ottawa should reach out to others who have been...
by Mefloquine Awareness | Oct 24, 2016
Dave Bona waited 20 years for a chance to tell Canadian MPs about the plight of soldiers like himself suffering for years from harmful side-effects of the anti-malaria drug mefloquine. This week, Bona, who lives near Saskatoon, will travel to Ottawa and present his...
by Mefloquine Awareness | May 26, 2016
A report by British MPs recommends the British military use the anti-malaria drug mefloquine only as a ‘drug of last resort.’ Back in 1993, teenager Shidane Arone was beaten to death by Canadian soldiers on a peacekeeping mission to Somalia after he was found trying...
