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Help for cyclone-hit Fiji

17 March 2010

The Department for International Development will provide £100,000 to the Fijian Red Cross to help with the immediate disaster relief efforts.

DFID stops direct funding to Ministry of Education in Kenya

16 March 2010

UK stops direct funding to the Ministry of Education in Kenya, but remains committed to supporting education

DFID joins World Bank to cut road deaths

16 March 2010

DFID has joined the World Bank’s initiative to combat an escalating crisis of road deaths and injuries in developing countries.

Advice to developing countries on paying for healthcare

15 March 2010

The Centre for Progressive Health Financing, announced by the Secretary of State at DFID’s Agenda 2010 conference on 11 March, will help countries remove the financial barriers faced by the poor in accessing quality health services.

New drive to tackle malnutrition in 12 million children

11 March 2010

A new fight against malnutrition is being launched by The Department for International Development (DFID), focussing on the six countries that are home to half of all undernourished children under five in the world.

UK calls for bold new plan to get MDGs back on track

11 March 2010

The UK will press world leaders to agree to an ambitious action plan to get the Millennium Development Goals back on track to be achieved by 2015, Douglas Alexander said today.

Saving lives in Nepal

11 March 2010

UKaid will help save the lives of more than 45,000 people, including many mothers and their babies, by supporting Nepal’s health services for the next five years.

New climate network to link developing countries

11 March 2010

A climate and development initiative linking over 60 of the world’s poorest countries will be managed by an alliance led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, it was announced at the Agenda 2010 (DFID) annual conference today.

Express delivery in Madhya Pradesh

10 March 2010

Free ambulance service is helping pregnant women give birth more safely