Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to provide medical support to people with physical disabilities in developing countries.

DFID supports programmes to strengthen country health systems, in order to achieve universal health coverage and end preventable deaths by 2030.

At the country level, we work with governments to prioritise meeting the needs of the poor and most vulnerable, including people with disabilities, so that they achieve better access to quality essential services without the risk of financial hardship. For example, DFID’s new flagship neglected tropical disease programme will also provide 100,000 operations to prevent or treat blindness caused by trachoma, plus provide operations and enable people to undertake self-led care to treat complications caused by lymphatic filariasis.