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date	22/10/2019
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: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that his Department's education programmes include objectives on nutrition.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	3821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Helping poor countries provide 12 years of good quality education, particularly for girls, is a top priority for this Government. When children get all the basic nutrients they need in the first 1000 days of life, they do better in school and earn more as adults.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s 2018 education policy commits us to delivering early education and nutrition interventions together, where possible. We are pursuing this by building the evidence base through the new ‘Thrive’ early childhood development research programme and through investments in early education in Rwanda and our funding to the Global Partnership for Education.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is a global leader on nutrition; we have reached 60.3 million people with nutrition services in 25 countries since 2015.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/10/2019 15:11:04 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

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date	25/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she is taking steps to use the expertise and infrastructure established under (a) the IAVI organisation and (b) other Product Development Partnerships to expedite the development and roll-out of a covid-19 vaccine to (i) vulnerable groups in low- and middle-income countries and (ii) other people.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	35030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>DFID is working to maximise the development of and roll out of an effective COVID-19 vaccine that is affordable and accessible to low- and middle- income countries. The Prime Minister recently announced an additional £210 million of new UK aid funding to the International Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help develop a vaccine for COVID-19. The UK is now the biggest contributor to CEPI, committing £250 million this year to support the global effort to fight epidemic diseases, including coronavirus. DFID is currently exploring with existing partners, including IAVI and other Product Development Partnerships, on how they too might contribute to our efforts to combat COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 21/04/2020 14:21:18 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous