Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what their strategic priorities are in relation to malaria, following the publication of the International Development Strategy.

As set out in the International Development Strategy and our global health position papers, global health is a priority for UK development policy and programming. Within this we will particularly focus on strengthening health systems and ending the preventable deaths of women, newborns, and children. Tackling malaria is closely linked with the UK's ambition on ending preventable deaths, as the disease predominantly impacts pregnant women and children under 5. Our focus on health systems strengthening is key to sustainably tackling malaria and other diseases. Our health programming and investments on these themes will continue to account for malaria's disproportionate impact on these demographs.