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Malaria

Commons · Question 19151 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of of climate change on instances of malaria in the United Kingdom.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 16 Dec 2024

Malaria is not currently transmitted in the United Kingdom, but travel-associated cases occur in those who have returned to, or arrived in, the UK from malaria-endemic areas. Modelling has investigated the impact of different climate change scenarios on t...