Half a billion in aid for private healthcare condemned by campaigners Half a billion in aid for private healthcare condemned by campaigners Date: 25 January 2021 half a billion pounds of UK public funds have been invested in private healthcare in the global south in the past decade. This includes £420 million invested by the UK development bank CDC Group, plus £79 million given to a project to increase UK health exports. The report condemns the investments made by CDC in private healthcare, arguing that these projects exclude citizens from basic services and rights, and highlights a number of particularly worrying case studies, including: