Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide (1) to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and (2) to countries with the highest number of cases of (a) AIDS, (b) tuberculosis, and (c) malaria.

The UK is currently the second largest donor to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. The Global Fund invests in over 100 countries, focusing on those countries with the highest disease burden and lowest ability to pay. Our contribution has helped to save 38 million lives since 2002 and aims to help save another 16 million in the next three years.

Resilient health systems are at the core of global efforts to prevent and treat diseases. The UK is partnering with countries with some of the highest rates of AIDS, TB and malaria, to strengthen their health systems. The UK also supports the civil society HIV response through funding to the Robert Carr Fund to advocate for the rights and needs of the most marginalised groups affected by HIV, such as LGBTQ+ people and sex workers.

Investing in research and development to better tackle the three diseases is also crucial. The UK's funding to TB and malaria research is helping to develop new tools to prevent, diagnose and treat these diseases, including drugs that fight the threat of drug resistance. Our world-class research investments include the first child-friendly antimalarial drug, which has saved more than 1 million lives.