Select Committee · International Development Committee

Global Health Challenges and the UK

Status: Closed Opened: 1 Jul 2025 Closed: 15 Jul 2025
Inquiry scopeThis session will examine concerns about the implication of ODA funding cuts on the world health architecture. These cuts, it is argued, increase the risks of costly health emergencies and trends affecting the UK and the world. The first panel will bring together leading experts in global health, giving the Committee the opportunity to further understand the risks and opportunities to the UK. The second panel will explore the extent to which UK ministers understand the risks and are addressing them through UK policy.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date Session and witnesses Source
15 Jul 2025
Global Health Challenges and the UK
Anna Wechsberg · Department of Health and Social Care, Ashley Dalton MP · Department of Health and Social Care, David Whineray · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Dr Ayoade Alakija · Government of Nigeria, Dr Kalipso Chalkidou · World Health Organisation (WHO), Priya Basu · Pandemic Fund, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Who gave evidence

7 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Anna Wechsberg · International Director Department of Health and Social Care 1
Ashley Dalton MP · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention Department of Health and Social Care 1
David Whineray · Director of Global Health Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 1
Dr Ayoade Alakija · Ministerial Global Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance Government of Nigeria 1
Dr Kalipso Chalkidou · Director of Health Financing and Economics World Health Organisation (WHO) 1
Priya Basu · Executive Head Pandemic Fund 1
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Minister of State for International Development and Africa Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 1