FCDO Global Health

This week I complete my posting as @FCDOGovUK Director, Global Health. Been a brilliant & busy 3 years - from Prime Minister hosting @GlobalFund summit; to Foreign Secretary attending @gavi summit & 🇺🇳UNGA AMR HLM; to 🇺🇳Pandemic Treaty negotiations; to working with @WorldBank, 🇺🇳@UN, @WHO & others; to the impact of @FCDOGovUK’s multibillion pound health programmes & investments globally Huge thanks to the absolutely brilliant 🇬🇧@FCDOGH team - and to colleagues in so many embassies (especially 🇺🇳@UKMissionGeneva, 🇺🇳@UKUN_NewYork, 🇺🇸@UKinUSA, 🇩🇪@UKinGermany, 🇫🇷@UKinFrance, 🇪🇹@UKinEthiopia, @UK_AfricanUnion & 🇿🇦@ukinsouthafrica) as well as in @DHSCgovuk & across Whitehall. Also a massive thank you to so many brilliant colleagues I’ve worked with in @WHO, @UNFPA, @UNICEF, @gavi, @GlobalFund, @WorldBank, @gatesfoundation & many other international bodies & NGOs (especially @JeremyFarrar, @SaniaNishtar, @PeterASands, @HelenClarkNZ, @StateDeptGHSD, @DrTedros, @CerrJ, @PriyaBasu2017, @Winnie_Byanyima & @unfpachief @dienekeita). Thank you to everyone! 🙏👋

“I'm proud to be funding the @WorldBank & @WHO to support countries to take control of their own health care systems,” says Baroness Chapman, UK Minister for Int’l Development & Africa. Learn more about the #HealthWorks Leaders Coalition: wrld.bg/TF4B50XCbXb

𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: Countries are advancing toward @WorldBank Group’s goal to deliver affordable, quality health services to 1.5B people by 2030. 15 nations launched National Health Compacts to expand primary care, improve affordability, and support job-rich economic growth. wrld.bg/H35w50XEs32 #HealthWorks

Thank you, United Kingdom, for your steadfast leadership and partnership to #StopAtNothing to defeat AIDS, TB and malaria and save millions more lives. As co-host of the @GlobalFund’s Eighth Replenishment, the UK joins South Africa to champion solidarity, sustainability, innovation and equity to build a healthier, safer future for all. @Keir_Starmer | @10DowningStreet | @DHSCgovuk | @FCDOGovUK | @JennyChapman