Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of the resurgence of malaria over the next three years in relation to health system strengthening, following the publication of the International Development Strategy.

In 2020, there was the first significant increase in malaria cases and deaths in two decades and we recognise the risk of further resurgence of malaria. Health systems strengthening is critical to reducing this risk. As set out in the International Development Strategy, global health is a priority for UK development policy and programming and within this we will particularly focus on strengthening health systems to improve the resilience of health systems to shocks such as pandemics and to ensure continued progress on malaria and other diseases.