Once believed to be almost eliminated as a public health risk, infectious diseases are currently a leading cause of death worldwide. Despite incredible advances in medicine, our good health is still at risk.

The Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases (CFID) was established in 1989 to fund critical research and help protect Canadians and people worldwide from infectious diseases. CFID is the charity arm of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada -- our country’s largest association of microbiologists and infectious disease specialists. CFID pledges to use every dollar raised responsibly and productively to support research, education and professional development of Canada’s infectious disease experts.

Working in partnership with AMMI Canada, strategic partners and supporters, CFID will hasten the discovery of innovative solutions to better understand, prevent, control and treat the hundreds of existing and emerging infectious diseases that threaten our good health

Read our two-page overview of the Foundations.

CFID' pledges to use every dollar raised responsibly and productively to aid the identification, prevention, control and treatment of infectious diseases.

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