§ 46. Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what resources have now been committed by the Overseas Development Administration to help developing countries to combat the spread of AIDS.
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§ Mrs. ChalkerTo date we have provided £16.83 million as our contribution to the global programme on AIDS being run by WHO. We have also committed £6.58 million to help finance a number of individual country AIDS control programmes in Africa and the Caribbean; these have been formulated under the umbrella of the WHO global programme.
In addition, we have contributed £2.98 million over six years to the International Planned Parenthood Federation's AIDS programme; and £3 million for AIDS-related research studies in developing countries in a number of key fields by a range of British institutions and experts.