Question follow-through · 47065
Disease Control: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle (a) tuberculosis and (b) other illnesses.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 25 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle (a) tuberculosis and (b) other illnesses.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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25 Apr 2025
Answer published
The UK has played a significant role with international counterparts to tackle tuberculosis (TB) in recent decades.Since 2002, TB deaths have been reduced by 36 per cent in countries where the Global Fund invests. The UK is a leading donor to the Global F...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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