Asked by: Lord Spencer of Alresford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what they are doing to support Kenya in its fight against malaria following recent flooding which threatens to derail gains in that fight.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is one of the largest contributors to the fight against malaria in Kenya. We have contributed £5.5 billion since 2002 to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which is procuring additional malaria commodities for Kenya, including distributing over ten million bed nets for malaria prevention. We support the recently announced rollout of malaria vaccines - which includes Kenya - through Gavi, the Vaccines Alliance, to whom we have pledged £1.65 billion between 2020 and 2025. We support the Kenya Medical Research Institute to increase malaria surveillance and treatment across Kenya.
Feb. 19 2024
Source Page: Point prevalence survey on HCAI, AMU and AMS in EnglandFound: Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections The trends in drug
Feb. 19 2024
Source Page: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) Continuation and future pricing: Business and Regulatory Impact AssessmentFound: have also been established between harmful drinking and the incidence of infecti ous diseases such as tuberculosis
Asked by: Lord Strathcarron (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, having regard to the relative burden of disease, of the level of investment in the World Health Organization's pandemic agenda, relative to efforts to counter endemic diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK provides the vast majority of funding to WHO as unearmarked flexible funding (£340 million in 2020-2024). Funding helps WHO deliver its General Programme of Work, supporting WHO reform and addressing UK global health priorities. This includes building resilient health systems around the world, especially in the poorest countries, and helping prevent and prepare for pandemics. Additionally, over its lifetime, the UK has been the 3rd largest contributor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This funding has contributed towards saving 59 million lives, our recent pledge of £1 billion will continue to contribute to this effort.
Feb. 09 2024
Source Page: Evaluation of the Global Challenges Research Fund: assessment of research quality, positioning for use and resultsFound: Evaluation of the Global Challenges Research Fund: assessment of research quality, positioning for use
Feb. 09 2024
Source Page: NFUS conference 2024: First Minister keynote speech - 5 February 2024Found: So yes, we believe in tackling the climate crisis and we have a global leadership responsibility to do
Mentions:
1: Charlotte Nichols (Lab - Warrington North) It is essential to remember, however, that HIV remains a critical global health issue, with millions - Speech Link
2: Amy Callaghan (SNP - East Dunbartonshire) never afforded.Globally, thanks to the investment of countries such as the UK in aid through the UN Global - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) The UK is, I believe, the third biggest donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Feb. 07 2024
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology CommitteeFound: Less than 0.2% of global conservation priorities are fungal. It is a really big problem.
Feb. 06 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 16 January 2024 to 30 January 2024Found: Global Business M obility – Senior or Specialist Worker; or (d) Appendix Global Business Mobility
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on taking steps to help eliminate HIV/AIDS.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UK remains a world leader in efforts to end the global AIDS epidemic and funds all key partners in the global AIDS response, including the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), UNITAID, World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria. The Minister of State (Development and Africa) regularly engages with the leadership of these organisations on our key shared priorities for global health, including on approaches to ending AIDS as a public health threat.
The UK's investments, including to the WHO, help to ensure that people at high risk of HIV in the global south can access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and other HIV prevention and treatment services. WHO has recently published new guidelines on HIV, STI and viral hepatitis prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations, which will support countries and local organisations in designing and implementing their HIV strategies and interventions.
Our pledge of £1 billion to the Global Fund will save over 1 million lives, including by providing antiretroviral therapy for 1.8 million people, HIV counselling and testing for 48 million people, and reaching 3 million members of key affected populations with prevention programs.
Our funding for the Robert Carr Fund and UNAIDS supports initiatives to empower local civil society and grassroots organisations, predominantly in the Global South, to increase access to HIV prevention, testing and care services, particularly for LGBT+ people.