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<p>The UK Government recognises that COVID-19 will have significant direct and indirect
impacts on health in Africa. Indirect impacts will be the result of disruption to,
and a reduction in, health service delivery.</p><p>In response, we are flexing our
funding and programming. We are building on our long-term investments to mitigate
the threat of indirect impacts on various services and goods. These include reproductive
health services and commodities as well as essential primary health care services,
such as immunisation. We also aim to increase access and reduce prices for essential
health commodities.</p><p>The UK Government is working with governments to ensure
that essential malaria services continue, malaria patients are protected from COVID-19
and malaria programmes make good decisions about redeploying resources to national
COVID-19 programmes in a sustainable way. We continue to be the second largest country
donor in the global fight against malaria.</p>
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