Global Health Fund (Hansard, 4 July 2001)

HC Deb 04 July 2001 vol 371 c219W 219W

§ Mr. Jim Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the global health fund. [684]

§ Clare Short
The fund is designed to make available drugs and commodities for the prevention and treatment of Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS, in the poorest countries. We believe a purchasing fund will increase reliability of supply, reduce prices and encourage research leading to the production of new treatments. It will also help leverage the development of better delivery systems so that poor people get access to available drugs.