We recommend that, as part of a renewed consistent approach to promoting global health, the FCDO should continue to fund existing programmes aimed at the eradication of previously identified diseases. The Government should use its integrated voice to lobby development allies and partners to stop any transfer of resources from existing programmes, and the Global Fund, to Covid initiatives.

We recommend that, as part of a renewed consistent approach to promoting global health, the FCDO should continue to fund existing programmes aimed at the eradication of previously identified diseases. The Government should use its integrated voice to lobby development allies and partners to stop any transfer of resources from existing programmes, and the Global Fund, to Covid initiatives. Type: recommendation | Number: 1 | Paragraph: 45 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: As the Foreign Secretary said in his statement to the House on ODA on 26 November, investing in global health is one of the five ways in which the UK will prioritise ODA spending in 2021 to tackle COVID-19 and promote wider international health security. We will maintain our position as a world lead