Parliament Answers Five TB Questions in One Week

In a single week Patrick Grady, Baroness Verma and Jane Ellinson answer a series of questions on UK and global treatment of tuberculosis.

• Patrick Grady Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department allocates each year to ensure that people in the developing world living with HIV who have also contracted tuberculosis have access to anti-tuberculosis drugs. Read the answer here
• Baroness Nye Labour: To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the proportion of tuberculosis cases in (1) Malawi, (2) Mozambique, (3) Nigeria, and (4) Rwanda occurring in people living with HIV. Read more about the answer here
• Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Labour: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the proportion of tuberculosis cases in (1) South Africa, (2) Tanzania, (3) Uganda, (4) Zambia, (5) Zimbabwe occurring in people living with HIV. Read more about the answer here:
• Patrick Grady Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department allocates each year to ensure that people in the developing world living with HIV who have also contracted tuberculosis have access to anti-tuberculosis drugs. Read more about the answer here:
• Roger Godsiff Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the establishment of a national TB outreach service. Read more about the answer here:
• Roger Godsiff Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green; To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the mobile x-ray unit for diagnosing tuberculosis in under-served populations will next visit Birmingham. Read more about the answer here: