Antimicrobials: Developing Countries

(asked on 12th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019-2024, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the allocation of funding for (a) clean water, (b) sanitation and (c) hygiene in low and middle income countries to help prevent the spread of infections and the development of antimicrobial resistance.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 18th July 2022

The Department of Health and Social Care continues to engage with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to discuss the Government’s approach to addressing anti-microbial resistance (AMR). This includes the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s international investment of UK Aid into water, sanitation and hygiene programmes in low and middle-income countries to prevent infection, control its spread and reduce the need for antimicrobials. Between 2016 and 2020, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office supported 62.6 million people to gain access to clean water and/or sanitation.

In addition, international projects such as the Department of Health and Social Care’s Fleming Fund and the Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship Scheme assist pharmacists in low and middle-income countries to participate in improving sanitation in healthcare settings.

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