Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered am ar 9 Chwefror 2024.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help improve healthcare provision on Montserrat.
The FCDO is supporting Montserrat to improve healthcare on the island through its £40 million Capital Investment Programme for Resilient Economic Growth over 6 years from 2019 to 2025, which supports strategic infrastructure development, including building a new hospital. Furthermore, the FCDO have funded the procurement of a CT scanner, 3D mammography unit, oxygen generator and a neonatal incubator. The UK Government funded a £1.8 million COVID-19 programme which supplied vaccines, PPE, test kits, specialist healthcare staff, training programmes, in addition to a new laboratory with the ability to test for multiple viruses not just those pandemic-related. The FCDO also support the UK Health Security Agency programme of work to improve local capacity public health.
Yes7 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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