Fabian Hamilton – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fabian Hamilton on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the £1 billion Ross Fund will be spent.

Mr Nick Hurd

The £1 billion Ross Fund, announced in November 2015, will target infectious diseases including malaria, diseases with epidemic potential, neglected tropical diseases which affect over a billion people globally, and antimicrobial resistance which poses a substantial and growing threat to global health. The goal of the Ross Fund is to develop, test and deliver a range of new products (including vaccines, drugs and diagnostics) to help combat these diseases in developing countries. The finer details about the Fund are currently under development