Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to achieve the World Health Organisation's 2020 target on leprosy.

Leprosy is a neglected tropical disease, as defined by the World Health Organisation. DFID supports progress towards the WHO 2020 targets on leprosy through our funding to civil society organisations such as Leprosy Mission England and Wales and LEPRA and to the WHO’s NTD programme. In addition, DFID supports the strengthening of health systems, helping to ensure that countries are better able to detect and treat all causes of ill health, including leprosy.