Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of her Department's progress on tackling malaria in developing countries.

Between 2000 and 2015 DFID helped to reduce global malaria deaths by 60%, saving 6.2 million lives, and preventing 1.2 billion malaria cases. We support the World Health Organisation goal to reduce malaria deaths by 90% by 2030, on a path to a malaria free world, and contribute through the Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and malaria, country and regional health programmes, and research funding.

In September DFID pledged £1.1 billion to the Global Fund for 2017 to 2019. This included a commitment to double private sector contributions to malaria (up to £200 million) and will fund up to 40 million bednets. Malaria has a high economic cost for affected countries, especially in Africa, so tackling the disease both saves lives and contributes to prosperity.