Developing Countries: Disease Control
(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial support his Department is making available to tackle disease and infections in the developing world.
Answered by
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UK is committed to the fight against infectious diseases in the developing world and has a strong record of leadership in combatting their spread and impact. This includes our £1 billion contribution to the seventh replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; as well as £1.65 billion to Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance) to immunise 300 million children and save up to 8 million lives from vaccine preventable diseases by 2025. We also invest in world-leading Product Development Partnerships such TB Alliance for new drugs, the global non-profit FIND for new diagnostics, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC). Our funding for catalytic interventions brings down the prices of new products and tackles barriers to widespread access.