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date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional support she is providing to authorities in West Africa to help them with the recent ebola outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	204215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To date, the UK government has contributed £897,000 to the Ebola Virus Disease response in Sierra Leone and Liberia through multilateral partners and the DFID bilateral programme. In addition, DFID is finalizing arrangements to send out three Public Health England disease control specialists to Sierra Leone to support the response. We are working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and national government agencies to closely monitor the situation and help guide any additional response by DFID in-country and in the region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 10/07/2014 15:50:41 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

64075

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is offering countries in West Africa affected by the ebola virus to remedy the situation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK government has contributed £683,601 to the Ebola Virus Disease in the West African Region. Through the UK's global multilateral contributions we are supporting a regional containment strategy and in addition, strengthening the outbreak response in Sierra Leone and Liberia through bilateral assistance.</p><p> </p><p>In Sierra Leone, DFID funds will be used to support improved coordination at the national level; training and equipping of health workers to competently manage Ebola cases; improved EVD case detection and supporting appropriate radio messaging and community mobilisation activities on EVD prevention and control in affected districts. In Liberia, DFID has provided chlorine and other materials for hygiene and sanitising; and training in their appropriate use. DFID programmes are ready to respond to further requests from implementing partners as appropriate. We are closely monitoring the outbreak from Sierra Leone and Liberia and internationally through DFID headquarters. We are working with WHO and national government agencies to improve our understanding of the outbreak and help to guide the response in-country and regionally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 01/07/2014 15:37:44 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

63713

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is greater equity across governments in donations to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is the largest donor to the GAVI Alliance with around 32% funding share during 2011-2015. We wish to see the UK's donor share reduce and other donors share increase during the GAVI Alliance's 2016-2020 strategic period. We are lobbying other donors to contribute their fair share ahead of the next replenishment pledging event in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 30/06/2014 14:50:13 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell