Malaria: Disease Control

(asked on 10th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the findings of the World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report 2021; and whether the UK Government plans to continue its partnership with the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria to help support the attainment of that Fund's global malaria targets.


Answered by
Amanda Milling Portrait
Amanda Milling
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 21st February 2022

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has noted with concern the increase in the number of cases and deaths from malaria shown in the World Health Organisation's World Malaria Report 2021. Cases of malaria increased by 6% from 227 million in 2019 to 241 million in 2020 and deaths by 12% from 558,000 to 627,000. The WHO estimates that about two-thirds of the increase in deaths was due to disruptions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tackling malaria is closely linked with our ambition to end the preventable deaths of mothers, new-borns and children as it predominantly impacts pregnant women and children under 5.

The UK pledged £1.4 billion in the 6th replenishment (2020-2022) to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, making us the 2nd largest donor. We look forward to reviewing the Global Fund's investment case for the 7th Replenishment in due course, which will include the Fund's global malaria targets.

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