Question follow-through · 3242
Democratic Republic of Congo: Mpox
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department is giving to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the recent mpox outbreaks in that country.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department is giving to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the recent mpox outbreaks in that country.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
During his visit to DRC in August, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Africa), Lord Collins, announced £3.1 million UK funding to UNICEF for cholera and mpox response in DRC. It will reach 4.4 million people in affected communities and will boost...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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