Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they will take to tackle drug-resistant sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa.

Over 1 million people die every year from drug-resistant sepsis. The UK Government is supporting action, through its multilateral, bilateral and research investments, to combat antimicrobial drug resistance. This includes support to the Global Fund and Gavi. The UK's Fleming Fund programme is also strengthening drug-resistance surveillance systems, building more than 260 surveillance centres, in eleven partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We must continue to scale up global efforts and that is why the UK is working to secure an ambitious agreement at the High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance on 26 September.