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.
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Need to Know: Antimalarial Drugs
Antimalarials can have serious side effects & interactions with other meds. Malaria is serious, too, so you should discuss travel plans with a specialist. Originally published 10 October 2017. Overview Antimalarial drugs drugs are associated with severe and...
UK – The Use of Lariam six-month progress report published
Defence Committee publish a six-monthly progress report from the Ministry of Defence.
The Committee has today published on its website a six-monthly progress report, which gives an update on the Department’s implementation of the Committee’s recommendations.
Court: Conviction, life sentence stands for former Army Sgt. Robert Bales
This U.S. Army photo, provided by the Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune, shows Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in March, 2012. (U.S. Army/Tacoma News-Tribune via AP) The sergeant, stationed in Washington state, was sentenced to life for the slayings of 16 Afghan civilians and...
Antimalarial Drug May Be Effective Against PML
Coverage from the XXIII World Congress of Neurology (WCN) Originally published 26 September 2017 KYOTO, Japan — The antimalarial drug mefloquine may prove to be an effective treatment for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients not infected with...
Alarm as ‘super malaria’ spreads in South East Asia
Malaria is caused by a parasite spread by blood-sucking mosquitoes. Originally published September 22 to the BBC News website The rapid spread of "super malaria" in South East Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists are warning. This dangerous form...
’25 years I struggled’: Sask. veteran pushing Ottawa to help soldiers affected by anti-malaria drug
Canadian Armed Forces veteran Dave Bona is marching in Ottawa on Tuesday to call for more help for veterans suffering from the side-effects of mefloquine. (CBC News). Originally published by CBC News Sask. - September 18, 2017 An army veteran from...
Mefloquine Rally September 19-20th Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Mefloquine Awareness Canada (MAC) is a group comprised of Canadian Forces veterans, family members, civilians, and medical experts. We aim to raise awareness of the harms caused by the use of the anti-malarial drug mefloquine (also known as Lariam). 14:50 -...
Veteran likens anti-malaria pill’s effects to Agent Orange
An Australian veteran (not pictured) who claims her brain injury was caused by a controversial anti-malaria drug has compared the tablets with the notorious Agent Orange chemical. Originally published September 9, 2017 An Australian veteran who claims her...
UK Hotline Set Up For Those Worried Of Lariam Poisoning
Originally published September 6, 2016 Military personnel concerned about the side-effects of taking the anti-malarial drug Lariam are being urged to contact the MoD. It follows recommendations made by a recent Defence Committee report into the...
“Canadians Need Mefloquine Awareness” – Gord Johns
Representing Mefloquine Awareness Canada, Pieter Vorster met with Gord Johns, M.P. at the final leg of his Ride The Riding tour. Visit Gord Johns' website to find out more about his Ride The Riding tour. On Saturday, 1 September, I had the opportunity to...
Cure or curse?
By Sharon Adams with illustrations by Robert Carter. Originally published in Legion Magazine September/October 2017. Reproduced with permission of Legion Magazine. Canadian Airborne Regiment veteran Dave Bona woke up with the same question every...
Australian veterans fighting toxic side effects of anti-malaria drugs
Australian soldiers serving in East Timor during 2000 to 2002 were given the anti-malaria drug mefloquine. Originally published August 30, 2017 at 12:26 pm Schizophrenia, hallucinations, seizures and self harm are among the disorders allegedly affecting Australian...
Veterans, families want answers over Forces’ use of Mefloquine
By Chris Doucette, Toronto Sun - Published Monday, January 23, 2017 9:34:33 EST AM The call for accountability over the Canadian Forces’ use of a controversial anti-malaria drug is growing louder and veterans and family members hope Prime Minister Justin...
Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD
Romeo Dallaire didn't just witness the horrors of the genocide in Rwanda up close. He was there as a Canadian lieutenant-general representing the United Nations — and he could do nothing to stop it. That was 22 years ago and he is still mentally wounded.
Controversial Drug Against Malaria a ‘Serious Failure’ by Canadian Authorities
Article by PHILIPPE MERCURE for LA PRESSE Health Canada and the Canadian military have put the health of Canadians at risk by not reacting quickly enough to new knowledge on mefloquine denounce scientists.One of them will even accuse the Canadian military to use "the...
A woman wants to sue the Canadian Armed Forces
A woman wants a lawsuit against the Canadian Armed Forces after her ex-husband was forced to take medication against malaria, mefloquine, which cause serious side effects. The former spouse Sonia Scalzo returned from a mission in Afghanistan anxious, confused and...
Defence minister promises action as report shows 18 military suicides in 2015
The federal government will spare no expense in caring for Canada’s military personnel, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday after a new report revealed 18 service members took their own lives in 2015. The report, compiled and published by the top medical...
Canadian military pledges to take action on soldier suicides
This article is part of The Unremembered, a Globe and Mail investigation into soldiers and veterans who died by suicide after deployment during the Afghanistan mission. In a speech before military brass, mental-health specialists and veterans’ advocates, one of...
Call for ‘immediate action’ to study effects of anti-malarial drug
Conservative MPs are calling upon the Liberal government to conduct a scientific study into the effects of an anti-malarial drug that some veterans say has left them with psychiatric problems and that they blame for the violence that erupted on the Somalia mission in...
Radio Interview with Sheila Pratt
An interview with Sheila Pratt formerly a feature writer for the Edmonton Journal. The interview begins at 6:45 into the audio.
John Dowe Interviewed on Newstalk 1010 Toronto
Listen the full interview from November 20th.