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Written Question
Developing Countries: Tropical Diseases
Wednesday 18th October 2017

Asked by: Vicky Ford (Conservative - Chelmsford)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle neglected tropical diseases.

Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

The number of people at risk from Neglected Tropical Diseases has decreased from 2 billion in 2010 to 1.6 billion in 2015, in large part due to the high quality, lifesaving programmes the UK supports in 27 countries. In April 2017 the UK announced we will protect over 200m people from the pain and disfigurement caused by NTDs.