Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support African countries experiencing outbreaks of monkeypox.

FCDO is leading coordination of the cross-government international response to Mpox. Through our support to CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations), the UK is supporting early action including Research & Development funding to support the development of potential vaccines. The UK committed £160 million to CEPI in February 2022. To help strengthen testing, the UK is funding partners such as the Wellcome Trust to support a network of UK and international institutions on research into Mpox antiviral testing and treatments in selected countries, including in West and Central Africa. We continue to share UK surveillance data to inform the global response.