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<p>DFID funds health partnerships with developing countries to share NHS expertise.
These partnerships engage with ministries of health at all levels to share learning,
on nurse training and clinical audits for example.</p><p> </p><p>As my Hon Friend
the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care at the
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) outlined in his response to you in PQ
158190, the UK government liaises with health ministers through international forums
including the G20, World Health Assembly and UN High Level Meetings, sharing our lessons
from the NHS to promote progress towards achieving universal health coverage. Several
DFID country programmes include NHS partnerships in response to ministry demand, such
as Ghana and Zambia. DFID also supports the DHSC’s high level engagement on global
health security and antimicrobial resistance, patient safety and mental health with
developing countries, including the upcoming first Global Ministerial Summit on Mental
Health.</p>
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