Select committee: International Development Committee

Global Health

Open Opened 30 Jun 2026

International Development Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

This inquiry aims to investigate the current global health situation in light of funding cuts particularly in the US and the UK, the UK’s approach towards improving global health, the effectiveness and transparency of the UK’s global health Official Development Assistance (ODA), and what the global health architecture and the UK’s global health ODA could look like in the future to achieve a world with equitable and universal access to healthcare.

Where it stands

The inquiry is open, opened 30 June 2026.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Evidence

1 oral evidence sessionLatest 27 October 2026
109 written submissions
7 witnesses

All evidence

Recent activity

Global Health27 October 2026, Oral evidence
Miss Sara Venturini, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Acquired Brain and Spine Injury, University of Cambridge13 October 2026, Written evidence · GHE0070
Professor Kamlesh Khunti, University of Leicester13 October 2026, Written evidence · GHE0069

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
27 Oct 2026	Global Health Abadi Assefa · Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE), Dr Jeanne Salje · University of Cambridge, Dr Kennedy Uadiale · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Malawi, Dr Kirrily de Polnay · Médecins Sans Frontières, Dr Natasha Kaoma · Copper Rose, Zambia, Jerop Limo · Ambassador for Youth and Adolescent Reproductive Health Program (AYARHEP), Kenya, Monica Ferro · UNFPA London representative office	View ↗

Written evidence

109 submissions recorded

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Reference	Date	Submitter
GHE0070 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Miss Sara Venturini, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Acquired Brain and Spine Injury, University of Cambridge
GHE0069 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Kamlesh Khunti, University of Leicester
GHE0068 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	The George Institute for Global Health
GHE0067 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	CBM UK
GHE0066 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC
GHE0065 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
GHE0064 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Mental & Physical Health in Transformative Services & Systems theme, Warwick Centre for Global Health, University of Warwick, UK
GHE0063 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Zambia Network of Young People Living and Affected with HIV
GHE0062 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Dr Laura Anselmi, The University of Manchester
GHE0061 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
GHE0060 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Peter Vickerman, University of Bristol
GHE0059 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Warwick Centre for Global Health, University of Warwick, UK
GHE0058 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Aisling Murray, Queen Mary University of London
GHE0057 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Rod Taylor, University of Glasgow
GHE0056 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Malaria No More UK
GHE0055 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Dr Jeevan Francis, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
GHE0054 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration, University of Sussex
GHE0053 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	United Against Malnutrition & Hunger
GHE0052 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Pia Riggirozzi , University of Southampton
GHE0090 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)
GHE0089 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Gavi
GHE0088 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Nusrat Husain & Dr Farah Lunat
GHE0087 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Global Health Partnerships
GHE0086 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Maryam Shahmanesh
GHE0085 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	University of Manchester
GHE0084 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Dr Alex Waller
GHE0083 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	MSI Reproductive Choices
GHE0082 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Centre for Global Health & Intersectional Equity Research (CGHIER), University of Essex
GHE0081 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Mr Sean Marshall, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
GHE0080 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Miss Raquel E. Rios, Galactic Rhythm
GHE0079 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Amnesty International UK
GHE0078 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Kamlesh Khunti, University of Leicester
GHE0077 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	International Planned Parenthood Federation
GHE0076 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	TB Alert
GHE0075 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
GHE0074 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	The Leprosy Mission Great Britain
GHE0073 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Save the Children UK
GHE0072 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Professor Sophie Witter, Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
GHE0071 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Results UK
GHE0110 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Dr Nasrul Ismail
GHE0109 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) UK
GHE0108 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
GHE0107 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Institute of Development Studies
GHE0106 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	International Rescue Committee UK
GHE0105 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Anxious Niwaha
GHE0104 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	The University of Edinburgh
GHE0103 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
GHE0102 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	NIHR Global Health Research Group on Vaccines & AMR
GHE0101 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	GSK and ViiV Healthcare
GHE0100 Full text not held	13 Oct 2026	Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Who gave evidence

7 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Abadi Assefa · Executive Director	Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE)	1
Dr Jeanne Salje · Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Department of Biochemistry	University of Cambridge	1
Dr Kennedy Uadiale · Post-Doctoral Research Associate, International Public Health	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Malawi	1
Dr Kirrily de Polnay · Technical adviser for MSF's Humanitarian Nutrition Fund	Médecins Sans Frontières	1
Dr Natasha Kaoma · Co-Founder and CEO	Copper Rose, Zambia	1
Jerop Limo · Executive Director	Ambassador for Youth and Adolescent Reproductive Health Program (AYARHEP), Kenya	1
Monica Ferro · Director	UNFPA London representative office	1