Select Committee · International Development Committee

Global Health Challenges and the UK

Status: Closed Opened: 1 Jul 2025 Closed: 15 Jul 2025

This 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 … Show more

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
15 Jul 2025 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 View ↗

Who gave evidence

7 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Anna Wechsberg · International Director Department of Health and Social Care 1
Ashley Dalton MP · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public… 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 Resista… 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 a… Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 1