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Parliamentary Roundtable to Mark World NTD Day

The Coalition for Global Prosperity were delighted to partner with Uniting To Combat NTDs and the Labour Campaign for International Development to host a Parliamentary Roundtable discussion on World NTD Day.

Participants discussed the need for continued cooperation around sustainable financing for tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases.

The dinner brought together:

  • Guest of Honour Anna McMorrin MP, Shadow Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Paulette Hamilton MP

  • Dan Carden MP

  • Fleur Anderson MP

  • Stuart Halford, Director of Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation at Uniting to Combat NTDs

  • Professor Francisca Mutapi, Board Member at Uniting to Combat NTDs

  • Robert Yates, Director of the Centre for Universal Health at Chatham House

  • Heather Staff, Councillor and Chair of Labour Campaign for International Development

  • Ross Gilligan, Parliamentary and Government Relations Advisor at Sightsavers

  • Adam Bradshaw, Senior Health Policy Adviser at the Tony Blair Institute

  • Tijana Williams, Director of NTD Access Programmes at GSK

  • Zander Woollcombe, Interim UK Director at the Eleanor Crook Foundation

  • Leila Bousbaa, Director of Advocacy at CGP

  • Alice Palmer, Interim Events and Overseas Visits Manager at CGP