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	date	24/01/2017
	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: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the future challenge of a growth in non-communicable diseases identified in her Department's Bilateral Development Review 2016, published in December 2016, what priority will be placed on the shift in balance of communicable and non-communicable diseases in steps taken to implement that review's conclusions.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	61354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Bilateral Development Review made clear that Britain will continue to lead global efforts to fight the spread of infectious and communicable diseases, such as neglected tropical diseases, TB, and malaria.</p><p>We will also remain a leader in helping countries to build stronger health systems. This will help countries address both current and future health challenges, including non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The UK additionally supports some specific NCD programmes, for example research on mental health, support for hepatitis B immunisation that prevents liver cancer, safe cook stoves to reduce household air pollution, and improving diagnosis, treatment and care for children with cancer in Burma, Bangladesh and Ghana.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/01/2017 17:35:28 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

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	registered interest
	date	28/10/2016
	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: HIV Infection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what external meetings on HIV and AIDS she has had since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	50961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK is committed to helping end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Ministers meet with key players in the international response to HIV on a regular basis.</p><p>At the Fifth Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria held in Montreal on 16-17 September, the Secretary of State met with Mark Dybul (Executive Director, the Global Fund), Bill Gates (Co-Chair, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), Lelio Marmora (Executive Director, UNITAID) and Michel Sidibé (Executive Director, UNAIDS).</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/11/2016 16:30:54 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day