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Tropical Diseases: Health Education

Commons · Question 17196 · Tabled 2 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2024

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Asked by Christine Jardine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help (a) raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases and (b) tackle neglected tropical diseases.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 10 Dec 2024

The UK's new Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in Africa programme (ELFA), that will receive £15 million of funding from 2024-25 to 2026-27, supports the broader Reaching the Last Mile Fund initiative to eliminate the neglected tropical diseases lymphatic ...