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Emergency aid for Liberia and Ivory Coast
01 April 2011
The British Government today announced an urgent emergency aid package to help tens of thousands of people affected by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Liberia and the Ivory Coast.
Campaign launched to fill global shortage of midwives
Nearly 48 million women give birth every year without a midwife or birth attendant according a Save the Children report titled Missing Midwives.
UK hosts conference on Libya
30 March 2011
London Conference on 29 March to discuss the situation in Libya with allies and partners
Earthquake in Japan
28 March 2011
An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 struck 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo on Friday 11 March. Latest updates on the UK's humanitarian response are posted here.
UK to send emergency drinking water to Japan
The UK will send bottled drinking water to Japan in response to a shortage of safe drinking water, International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell confirmed today.
Results of Lord Ashdown's review
The review sets out 40 key recommendations aimed at overhauling the way that the UK responds to emergencies.
London conference on Libya
25 March 2011
Foreign Secretary announces London conference on Libya
World TB Day
24 March 2011
In a speech ahead of World TB day today, International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien reiterated the UK’s government’s commitment to the global goal of halving deaths from TB by 2015
Andrew Mitchell walks for clean water
22 March 2011
Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, walked for water at Westminster today, as part of a global campaign to raise awareness for the world water and sanitation crisis.
DFID climate change project wins award
21 March 2011
Ground breaking ‘scuba rice’ - developed thanks to UK aid - has won a prestigious national award.
Government boost for Comic relief
18 March 2011
The government has backed the public's incredible support for this year's Red Nose Day with £10m support for Comic Relief's work in improving health and education across Africa.
UK to help migrants home to relieve pressure at Libya border
Britain will support additional emergency evacuation flights for people who have fled to the Libya-Tunisia border, in light of concerns that numbers reaching the border camp look set to keep growing.
Transparency is key - Duncan
17 March 2011
In two speeches this week, Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan has been explaining where and how British development funding will be delivered over the next four years.
Protection from malaria in Mozambique
More than five million people - one million of them children under the age of five - will be protected from malaria in Mozambique with help from the British Government.
UK support to strengthen civil service in Afghanistan
15 March 2011
Co-op project for Kenyan tea farmers
11 March 2011
A project supporting Kenyan small-scale tea farmers, which features in The Co-operative’s new high profile TV campaign, has received important backing from the Department for International Development(DFID).
International Citizen Service opens
09 March 2011
Young adults from across the country and from all walks of life will be given the chance to make a real difference in the poorest parts of the world – by volunteering overseas.
Mitchell in top 100 delivering for women
02 March 2011
Today, Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell has been named as one of the top 100 people fighting to improve girls’ and women’s lives worldwide.
The future of UK aid
01 March 2011
Changing lives, delivering results: our plans to help the world's poorest people
DFID and Gates join up on agricultural research
28 February 2011
Co-funded grants aim to reduce poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia as world food prices mount