Africa (Tuberculosis)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 9 March 2005.

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Photo of Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Party Chair, Co-operative Party 11:30, 9 March 2005

My hon. Friend is right to issue that warning. If TB controls are not strengthened, we estimate that an extra 1 billion people will be infected with TB between now and 2020, that more than 150 million people will get sick, and that some 36 million people will die. G8 countries and EU countries undoubtedly have a role to play in providing more funding for the global fund. We will host the global fund replenishment conference in September, when we will hold discussions with all those countries on further funding.