Poverty: Diseases
Commons · Question 53858 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to support efforts to tackle (a) malaria and (b) other diseases of poverty globally.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 4 Jun 2025
The UK is a leading donor to the fight against Malaria. Our £1 billion pledge (2023-2025) to the Global Fund will support distributing 86 million treated mosquito nets, provide 452,000 doses of seasonal malaria chemoprevention and provide malaria treatmen...