Bahamas
International Development
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development
what steps her Department is taking to assist the government of the
Bahamas with tackling the spread of leptospirosis, histoplasmosis,
tuberculosis, hepatitis and typhoid.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID
does not have a bilateral aid programme with the Bahamas. The country
has however benefitted from regional support provided by DFID through
the Pan-American Health Organisation to prevent the spread of cholera and other waterborne diseases, including typhoid, in the Caribbean.