§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support her Department gives to aid agencies working in Chechnya. [53052]
§ Clare ShortDFID has proved the following assistance to aid agencies work in Chechnya:
they were in good health. The cost of drugs and health care has frequently been mentioned as a problem in ICRC focus groups.
Aid agencies are reluctant to start tuberculosis programmes in Chechnya when there is so much movement by IDPs because effective treatment requires continuing treatment which is very difficult to provide to shifting populations.