Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surplus vaccine doses were shared with poorer countries in 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of that provision by country.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
As of April 2023, we have donated more than 85 million vaccines to over 40 countries in need and offered over 100 million.
The following less-developed countries have requested and received donated doses either bilaterally or via COVAX to date:
- Afghanistan;
- Angola;
- Bangladesh;
- Cambodia;
- Chad;
- the Democratic Republic of Congo;
- Djibouti;
- Ethiopia;
- Laos;
- Malawi;
- Myanmar;
- Nepal;
- Niger;
- Rwanda;
- Senegal;
- Somalia;
- Sudan;
- Tanzania;
- Uganda;
- Yemen; and
- Zambia.
The following countries also requested and received donations:
- Antiqua and Barbuda;
- Armenia;
- Belize;
- Cote D’Ivoire;
- Dominica;
- Egypt;
- Ghana;
- Grenada;
- Guyana;
- Indonesia;
- Jamaica;
- Kenya;
- Mauritius;
- Malaysia;
- Namibia;
- Nigeria;
- Pakistan;
- the Philippines;
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
- St Lucia;
- Thailand;
- Ukraine; and
- Vietnam.
We are unable to provide a breakdown by year or country as this information is commercially sensitive.
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May. 22 2023
Source Page: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Americas annual review summaries 2020 to 2021Found: CME) ProgrammeProgramme IDN/ACountry and RegionCommonwealth SIDS in Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Belize
Apr. 20 2023
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Oral Evidence Sep. 05 2023
Inquiry: UK Small Island Developing States StrategyFound: For example, I have been in Belize where we did a lot of work looking at the impacts of changing land
Oral Evidence Sep. 05 2023
Inquiry: UK Small Island Developing States StrategyFound: For example, I have been in Belize where we did a lot of work looking at the impacts of changing land
Written Evidence Sep. 14 2023
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Found: Analysts have noted the significance of the Belize agreement for its proportional impact on the country
Dec. 11 2023
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Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (LAB - Aberavon) exploring avenues to recruiting workers from countries where English is an official language, such as Belize - Speech Link
2: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) Friend the Member for Totnes said that workers from Belize, which is an English-speaking country, come - Speech Link