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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-04-28more like thismore than 2020-04-28
answering body
Department for International Development remove filter
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries: Health Services remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support countries with weak health systems to ensure they have the resilience to respond to the covid-19 pandemic and maintain pre-existing health priorities. more like this
tabling member constituency Dundee West more like this
tabling member printed
Chris Law more like this
uin 41062 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-05-04more like thismore than 2020-05-04
answer text <p>The UK has, so far, pledged £744 million of UK aid to help end the COVID-19 pandemic as quickly as possible. This includes a package of £200 million to support UK charities and international organisations to help prevent infections and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in developing countries, including maintaining essential health services.</p><p>DFID recognises strong and resilient health systems are vital to national and global health security and helping to protect the world from health threats, including COVID-19, and to maintaining the delivery of essential health services.</p><p>Through our multilateral partnerships, and our regional and national programmes, we support developing countries to make their health systems stronger and more resilient, and prepared to detect, prevent and respond to health threats, such as COVID-19.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills more like this
answering member printed Wendy Morton more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-05-04T14:53:21.907Zmore like thismore than 2020-05-04T14:53:21.907Z
answering member
4358
label Biography information for Wendy Morton more like this
tabling member
4403
label Biography information for Chris Law more like this