Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had representatives of African Union on tackling child deaths from Aids in sub-Saharan Southern Africa.

The UK remains a world leader in efforts to end new HIV infections and preventable AIDS-related deaths including through our major investment in the Global Fund which in 2018 helped protect over 700,000 babies from being infected by their mothers. We are now stepping up on efforts to end preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children in the developing world by 2030.

We work closely with many international partners including the African Union on UK priorities including HIV. For example, through our seat on the Executive Board of Unitaid, we discuss ways to tackle child deaths from AIDS, with a representative of African countries designated by the African Union.