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Microbicide Development Programme

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support he is giving to the Microbicide Development Programme; what support he expects to give to the Programme after 2006; what steps he is taking to encourage other countries to offer similar levels of support; and if he will make a statement. [221813]

 
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Mr. Gareth Thomas: The UK Government are a strong supporter of microbicide development. From October 2001 to 31 September 2006, DFID is providing a grant of £16 million to the Microbicide Development Programme (MDP) co-ordinated by the Medical Research Councils Clinical Trials Unit and Imperial College. A proposal for a Phase III trial (where Microbicides are tested on women) to be undertaken by MDP is currently being considered.

Tackling HIV and AIDS will be a priority for the UK G8 and EU presidencies, particularly maintaining momentum on prevention through existing and new technologies.

We are currently engaged with the EC on the development of its new revised Programme of Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through External Action (PfA) 2007–11" which is its framework for tackling AIDS outside the EU. A key aspect of this will be to encourage the EU 's role in development of effective new technologies including Microbicides as part of comprehensive prevention strategies.

Small Grants Scheme

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many organisations benefit from his Department's Small Grants Scheme; and in which countries. [221759]

Mr. Gareth Thomas [holding answer 16 March 2005]: The countries in which the Small Grants Scheme has operated over the past five-years are detailed as follows. We do not hold the information centrally on which organisations have benefited from the Small Grants Scheme and this information could be obtained only by incurring a disproportionate cost.
Expenditure on Small Grants Scheme

£000
	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Africa
Africa: South of Sahara	5,541	3,931	3,457	3,219	3,357
Angola	—	4	—	—	52
Botswana	85	80	71	87	128
Burkina Faso	18	—	11	—	30
Burundi	56	31	19	59	83
Cameroon	270	284	224	69	252
Cape Verde	15	13	—	—	—
Comoros Islands	21	—	—	—	—
Congo, Dem. Rep.	15	38	48	83	112
Cote d'Ivoire	158	102	71	207	150
Djibouti	—	—	—	14	—
Eritrea	270	152	34	126	40
Ethiopia	273	264	152	260	229
Gambia	108	121	436	52	47
Ghana	152	34	17	9	21
Guinea	27	—	—	—	10
Kenya	135	91	266	146	173
Lesotho	84	130	91	39	46
Liberia	8	—	—	—	—
Madagascar	289	241	203	131	294
Malawi	62	12	67	—	—
Mali	15	20	—	—	—
Mauritania	1	—	—	—	—
Mauritius	44	133	59	16	89
Mozambique	95	187	116	196	129
Namibia	44	55	37	56	1
Niger	4	15	20	—	—
Nigeria	693	130	7	15	6
Rwanda	166	264	218	169	210
Sao Tome and Principe	1	—	—	—	—
Senegal	197	207	177	36	23
Seychelles	241	—	23	—	—
Sierra Leone	1	25	46	70	83
Somalia	35	10	5	—	—
South Africa	558	677	462	423	252
Sudan	107	83	88	221	263
Swaziland	454	85	63	69	105
Tanzania	251	73	8	225	106
Uganda	259	65	111	181	119
Zambia	126	139	139	135	118
Zimbabwe	204	166	168	123	196
Africa: North of Sahara	385	237	20	63	62
Egypt	59	52	20	63	62
Morocco	155	148	—	—	—
Tunisia	171	37	—	—	—
Total Africa	5,927	4,168	3,477	3,281	3,419
Asia
Asia: Far East	1,176	1,307	1,018	1,024	1,352
Cambodia	120	120	90	97	95
China	180	124	96	124	113
East Timor	—	—	45	97	165
Indonesia	86	131	164	199	224
Laos	203	176	111	142	185
Malaysia	2	—	—	—	—
Mongolia	255	230	214	97	192
Philippines	130	340	149	122	263
Thailand	44	43	53	24	45
Vietnam	156	143	96	121	70
Asia: South	1,333	941	584	1,177	975
Afghanistan	40	60	20	130	88
Bangladesh	144	139	27	188	88
Bhutan	11	—	—	—	—
Burma	16	—	—	—	—
India	206	84	211	219	212
Maldives	248	217	66	180	179
Nepal	212	145	79	153	202
Pakistan	210	90	97	141	44
Sri Lanka	248	206	84	165	163
Asia: Central Asian Republics	198	184	105	169	94
Kazakhstan	77	33	24	28	21
Kyrgyzstan	40	54	20	33	30
Tajikistan	7	2	17	30	9
Turkmenistan	26	41	15	43	36
Uzbekistan	48	53	29	36	2
Asia: Middle East	694	455	566	735	382
Jordan	212	165	201	179	83
Lebanon	106	177	65	179	102
Oman	13	—	—	—	—
Syria	75	80	—	89	51
West Bank and Gaza	25	—	—	—	—
Yemen	263	33	301	289	145
Total Asia	3,401	2,887	2,273	3,105	2,803
Europe
Albania	21	45	54	91	63
Armenia	69	30	23	21	37
Azerbaijan	53	10	5	13	48
Belarus	48	51	18	17	16
Bosnia	210	66	228	70	232
Bulgaria	152	131	63	176	157
Croatia	206	82	1	16	17
Czech Republic	235	165	103	126	28
Estonia	75	33	40	77	—
Georgia	34	3	20	5	50
Hungary	126	122	63	94	74
Latvia	86	73	33	60	—
Lithuania	72	4	54	25	19
Macedonia	50	88	61	76	105
Moldova	25	39	2	3	49
Poland	254	246	206	169	3
Romania	248	175	93	232	130
Russian Federation	229	152	134	98	50
Serbia and Montenegro	—	—	441	348	427
Slovak Republic	182	132	113	201	—
Slovenia	26	77	75	119	35
Ukraine	182	156	215	184	137
Total Europe	2,587	1,881	2,045	2,223	1,677
Americas
Americas: Caribbean	706	507	367	549	285
Anguilla	—	1	—	—	—
Antigua and Barbuda	20	1	18	29	—
Barbados	54	95	38	87	30
Belize	96	56	60	75	72
British Virgin Islands	27	—	—	—	—
Dominica	19	1	—	—	—
Dominican Republic	108	48	31	49	—
Grenada	19	25	23	—	3
Guyana	52	67	19	115	79
Jamaica	106	95	103	76	77
Montserrat	130	76	70	83	14
St. Lucia	20	5	2	8	7
St. Vincent and Grenadines	24	23	2	25	4
Trinidad and Tobago	30	1	—	—	—
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	12	—	—	—
Americas: Central	1,217	1,285	767	770	461
Costa Rica	111	182	114	53	117
Cuba	170	85	49	220	87
El Salvador	135	132	84	67	—
Guatemala	171	141	86	132	116
Haiti	16	18	21	—	17
Honduras	267	251	204	155	76
Mexico	91	248	7	—	—
Nicaragua	197	204	191	143	47
Panama	59	24	24	—	—
Americas: South	1,946	1,273	905	971	564
Argentine Republic	99	—	—	—	—
Bolivia	281	250	216	165	146
Brazil	276	237	151	176	195
Colombia	249	226	174	166	19
Ecuador	229	235	114	222	117
Paraguay	133	100	59	56	—
Peru	263	189	191	186	87
Uruguay	247	—	—	—	—
Venezuela	168	35	—	—	—
Total Americas	3,869	3,065	2,039	2,290	1,310
Pacific
Pacific	333	347	226	414	350
Total Pacific	333	347	226	414	350
Total Small Grants Scheme	16,116	12,348	10,060	11,313	9,558

 
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