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669048

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	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to encourage international co-operation to tackle the spread of tuberculosis.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>Tackling the spread of infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB) is a priority across the recently published bilateral and multilateral development reviews and the research review. The United Nations General Assembly recently agreed to hold the first ever High Level Meeting on TB in 2018 and ahead of this, we will work with international partners to galvanise increased commitments.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 13/01/2017 12:49:33 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

669055

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of trends in the number of people globally living with dementia on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 3.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID is committed to help countries achieve Global Goal 3, to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. The largest burden of ill health in developing countries remains communicable diseases and diseases of maternal and child health and nutrition, but dementia is increasing as a health concern. DFID helps countries to strengthen health systems, so they can respond to current and future health needs, and committed in the recent development reviews to strengthen our work on disability so that fewer people are held back by conditions such as dementia.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 13/01/2017 12:48:46 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

669051

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic: International Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the outcome of the Brussels conference for the Central African Republic on 17 November 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	58869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID welcomes the outcome of the Brussels donor conference for the Central African Republic which raised approximately $2 billion against an overall target of $3.1 billion over five years. This will fund a joint recovery and peacebuilding plan supported by the government, the EU, the UN and the World Bank. DFID remains concerned about the humanitarian situation. An estimated 50% of the population needs humanitarian assistance and the crisis is one of the least well-funded in the world. At the conference the UK’s Ambassador to the Central African Republic announced a three year package of humanitarian support totalling £60 million.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 13/01/2017 12:52:34 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce