Developing Countries: Tropical Diseases

(asked on 4th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on programmes tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 11th February 2019

Estimated UK spend on programmes tackling neglected tropical diseases was £48 million in 2015/16, £60 million in 2016/17 and £73 million in 2017/18. The figures include expenditure on programmes to prevent or treat neglected tropical diseases and funding for research.

In 2017, UK funded programmes delivered over 144 million treatments for neglected tropical diseases.

Reticulating Splines