TB

 

Nick works closely with international development NGOs on the growing problem of tuberculosis, especially in developing countries. Most people think that TB is a disease of the past, but it still kills over 1.5 million people a year worldwide - more than any other infectious disease - and around 10 million people a year fall ill with it. 

Nick chairs the Global TB Caucus which he launched in 2014, initiating the Barcelona Declaration with a speech to the World Lung Conference.

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In 2018 the United Nations convened a High Level Meeting on TB, the first time the disease has received this level of global attention, with a further meeting held in 2023. Nick's work was focused on ensuring that these crucial events were a success and would deliver a renewed effort in the battle to fight TB.

While he was an MP Nick helped to form the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB which he continues to co-chair.

Nick meeting the Secretary of State for International Development, Penny Mordaunt, at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis (21 March 2018)

Nick meeting the Secretary of State for International Development, Penny Mordaunt, at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis (21 March 2018)