Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Debate
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Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe) (Con)
My Lords, I am sorry to prevent the noble Baroness asking a question, but I feel it is the turn of the Conservative Benches.
Viscount Ridley
My Lords, further to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, about malaria, my noble friend will be aware that malaria mortality has halved in this century, which is a remarkable achievement. Seventy per cent of that reduction was due to a surprisingly low-tech innovation—namely, the insecticide-treated bed net, although, as my noble friend said, resistance is becoming a problem. Is he aware of research that is going on to improve the efficacy of insecticide-treated bed nets, and is this something that the British Government support?