Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the findings of the World Health Organisation's World Malaria Report 2021 in respect of progress towards eliminating malaria cases; what research has been undertaken into improving access to new malaria treatments; and if she will make a statement.

Despite the fact that malaria is preventable, the World Health Organisation's 2021 World Malaria Report notes a significant increase in malaria cases and deaths for the first time in over two decades. This is primarily due to the impact of COVID-19 on health systems.

The UK is committed to tackling malaria, which is closely linked to our ambition to end the preventable deaths of mothers, babies and newborns. The majority of our malaria investments are through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. We also invest in research to develop new tools to prevent, diagnose and treat malaria and support countries to strengthen their health systems. For instance, our support to Medicines for Malaria Venture has helped to develop eleven new medicines, including the world's first child friendly formulation. Taken together these antimalarials are estimated to have saved over an estimated 2.7 million lives.