HC Deb 03 March 1998 vol 307 c591W
Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance her Department is currently giving towards the reduction of HIV in Africa; in which countries; and if she will make a statement. [32092]

Clare Short

The Department is contributing to combating HIV/AIDS in Africa through the work of UNAIDS, which is responsible for co-ordinating the UN response to HIV/AIDS, the EC and international non governmental organisations such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation. DFID has significant bilateral co-operation in HIV prevention and care in many African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. We are also funding research which is contributing to the development of new methods of protection against HIV, such as microbicides.

A full policy statement is contained in a speech I gave to mark World AIDS Day in December 1997, a copy of which is being placed in the Libraries of the House.