Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:46 pm on 3 December 2018.

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Photo of Lord Bates Lord Bates The Minister of State, Department for International Development 2:46, 3 December 2018

The noble Lord is right. Some middle-income countries, such as China, India and Indonesia, show the highest incidence of TB. The highest incidence of HIV/AIDS is to be found in South Africa, with an increasing number of instances in the countries of central and eastern Europe due to drug-related infections, so this has to be part of the overall effort. The noble Lord and I have often talked about the fact that the SDGs are very important because they focus on eradicating the disease rather than focusing on a particular geographic area.