Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle leprosy in Nepal.

Through the UK Aid Match scheme, DFID is match-funding The Leprosy Mission’s fund-raising appeal “Heal Nepal” that launched on 27^th January. The UK Government matched pound-for-pound donations made by the UK public until 27^th April 2019, up to £2 million.

Through this appeal, The Leprosy Mission will fund projects aimed at improving the health, dignity and wellbeing of people affected by leprosy and lymphatic filariasis in the areas where these diseases are most endemic in southern Nepal.