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Mitchell: Aid agencies to focus on value for money

23 December 2010

Announcement of Programme Partnership Arrangements the UK Government will support.

UK bolsters fight against HIV, TB and malaria

21 December 2010

The British government has announced that it will provide urgent support for life-saving HIV, TB and malaria supplies that will save the lives of millions of people in the world’s poorest countries.

Andrew Mitchell visits Rwanda

21 December 2010

International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell saw how British aid is helping to save lives when he visited a health centre in Rwanda last week

DFID confirms new board appointments

16 December 2010

Vivienne Cox appointed to DFID's management board

Britain backs drive to lift millions out of extreme poverty

15 December 2010

Britain will help millions of people secure access to basic education, immunisation and clean water through an international programme aimed at the most impoverished countries in the world, International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, announced today.

Audit into use & management of education funds in Kenya

15 December 2010

Andrew Mitchell’s response to audit into use & management of education funds in Kenya.

UK announces emergency humanitarian assistance for Somalia

14 December 2010

The UK announces support to provide food, water, shelter and urgent medical assistance for hundreds of thousands of Somalis affected by drought, flood and conflict.

UK launches election ‘how to’ guide to support democracy

13 December 2010

The Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers Stephen O’Brien and Jeremy Browne will today set out the government approach to supporting democracy and free and fair elections overseas.

Mitchell pushes for EU aid transparency

09 December 2010

Andrew Mitchell's announcement at the European Development Days, the leading European forum on international development which took place in Brussels on 6 and 7 December.

UK Government to increase mine clearance in Cambodia & Laos

09 December 2010

Mines Advisory Group (MAG) awarded contract to remove and destroy mines in Cambodia and Laos

Mitchell: Crops are key in fight against climate change

04 December 2010

Andrew Mitchell announces a new agricultural research programme through support to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

President of Somaliland visits UK

03 December 2010

Andrew Mitchell meets with the President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo during his first visit to the UK since his successful election.

British Government confirms commitment to universal access

02 December 2010

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Minister Stephen O'Brien confirms the British Government's continued commitment to Universal Access.

UK to boost fight against cholera in Haiti

28 November 2010

The UK is to help supply more than a thousand trained medical staff and emergency supplies to Haiti to help fight the worsening cholera epidemic and prevent the infection from spreading across the region.

Protection for 4.7 million from malaria in Ghana

25 November 2010

The UK government has announced aid to protect nearly 5 million people in Ghana from malaria, including nearly 1 million children under the age of five.

Lynne Featherstone new violence against women champion

25 November 2010

The coalition government today launched a strategic vision of how they plan to tackle violence against women and girls.

Ministerial statement on Sudan

22 November 2010

International Development Secretary issues written ministerial statement on Sudan

Britain to reinforce humanitarian support in Haiti

19 November 2010

Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate across Haiti. One thousand, one hundred people have already died from the disease, thousands of people are infected and the number continues to rise steeply.

British NGOs working in partnership in Peru

18 November 2010

British NGOs supported by DFID through the Latin America Partnership Programme Arrangement (LAPPA) and other mechanisms have produced a bulletin describing their joint efforts to tackle discrimination and inequality in the poorest regions of Peru.

UK to help drive low carbon revolution

18 November 2010

Two new public-private partnership projects to generate renewable energy in developing countries, removing millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and powering up to four million rural homes in Africa, will be announced today