Foreign aid: Gates and others to partially cover UK aid cutson July 10, 2021 at 11:06 pm

The group says the funding will help save “critical projects” and ensure progress is not “wasted”.

A spokeswoman for the funder consortium, Kate Hampton, chief executive of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, said: “These life-saving treatments are cost-effective investments. If they go unfunded this year, British taxpayer generosity will be wasted as clinics are closed and essential drugs expire and are thrown away.”