Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, given that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by HIV and malaria, what is the role of the Global Fund within their wider objectives for women and girls.

60% of the Global Fund's spending is specifically targeted to programmes for women and girls and around one-third of Global Fund investments directly benefits Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Thanks to the UK's support to the Global Fund, more than 85% of pregnant women living with HIV now have access to medicine to prevent transmitting HIV to their babies, and in 2021 the Global Fund supported 12.5 million pregnant women to receive preventive therapy for malaria. Our investments in the Global Fund remain important to advance the International Development Strategy's priority to provide women and girls with the freedom they need to succeed.