Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is providing to help tackle cholera outbreaks in Yemen.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The current cholera outbreak in Yemen has been declared by the UN as the worst in the world. Since the start of the outbreak in April, over 250,000 cholera cases have been recorded with more than 1,600 deaths. Children make up 46% of the cases, which are still increasing at a rate of 6,500 a day.
In response, the UK has increased our funding for Yemen to £139 million for 2017/18. This includes support to tackle the underlying causes of cholera by helping provide emergency food, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, as well as supporting cholera prevention and providing medical supplies and treatment for those affected. In addition, the UK is helping to fund one million lifesaving cholera vaccines through GAVI, the Global Vaccine Alliance.
The UK is the second largest donor to the UN’s Yemen appeal, and continues active lobbying for a political solution as well for others in the international community to step up co-ordinated action and funding.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is an objective of the Health System Strengthening Framework to support partner governments to increase domestic funding for health services.
Answered by Grant Shapps
DFID’s health systems strengthening framework will set out how the UK should support countries to build strong, resilient health systems in future, both through its own resources and through its partner organisations. This will help countries to make sustainable progress towards the global goal of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. A strong health system recognises the links between different health issues and provides integrated services to address them. Sustained financing is essential to good quality service provision and the framework will include support for greater domestic resource mobilisation and better public financial management. It will prioritise those who would otherwise be left behind, including the poorest, the most marginalised and those who are hardest to reach.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to publish the new Health System Strengthening Framework.
Answered by Grant Shapps
In the government response to the International Development Committee’s report on Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries, DFID proposed to develop a framework for future work on health systems. DFID is developing the framework in consultation with the Department of Health and other UK institutions. DFID is due to update the Committee on progress against its recommendations, including the health systems strengthening framework, in November 2015.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what groups of people will be prioritised by the new Health System Strengthening Framework.
Answered by Grant Shapps
DFID’s health systems strengthening framework will set out how the UK should support countries to build strong, resilient health systems in future, both through its own resources and through its partner organisations. This will help countries to make sustainable progress towards the global goal of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. A strong health system recognises the links between different health issues and provides integrated services to address them. Sustained financing is essential to good quality service provision and the framework will include support for greater domestic resource mobilisation and better public financial management. It will prioritise those who would otherwise be left behind, including the poorest, the most marginalised and those who are hardest to reach.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Health System Strengthening Framework will address the links between different health issues.
Answered by Grant Shapps
DFID’s health systems strengthening framework will set out how the UK should support countries to build strong, resilient health systems in future, both through its own resources and through its partner organisations. This will help countries to make sustainable progress towards the global goal of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. A strong health system recognises the links between different health issues and provides integrated services to address them. Sustained financing is essential to good quality service provision and the framework will include support for greater domestic resource mobilisation and better public financial management. It will prioritise those who would otherwise be left behind, including the poorest, the most marginalised and those who are hardest to reach.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on changing the wording of Sustainable Development Goal 3.4 from premature mortality to preventable mortality in order to include people aged over 70 within the scope of the goal; and what discussions she has had with (a) interested parties and (b) her counterparts in other countries on this matter.
Answered by Justine Greening
The negotiations over the Sustainable Development Goals were concluded at the UN in August after much international discussion and will now be formally adopted at the UN General Assembly later this month. It is necessary that targets are able to draw on appropriate international measures and the language on premature mortality is consistent with the WHO Global Action Plan on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).