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Water: Smart hand pumps send texts if they break
08 June 2012
Britain is supporting a breakthrough in text message technology to help tackle water shortages in drought-affected Africa
Water and sanitation: UK to double its support
20 April 2012
Britain will help more than 60 million people get access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation over the lifetime of this parliament
Water: DFID research finds huge reservoirs under Africa
New research funded by UK aid has revealed huge resources of groundwater that could give millions of people safe water to drink
Sport Relief: UK backs public support for African slum help
23 March 2012
Support from the government will help to improve the lives of a million people living in African slums
Water: World meets target on safe drinking supplies
06 March 2012
The world has met its target to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water, says the UN
New support for Nepal's Gurkha communities
19 January 2012
UK aid will provide sanitation and clean water through the Gurkha Welfare Scheme for ex-servicemen and their families
Pakistan floods: survivors rebuild their lives
28 July 2011
How UK aid has helped those affected by the 2010 Pakistan floods
Action plans set out the future of UK aid
31 May 2011
Operational plans for every country where DFID works now published
UK to send emergency drinking water to Japan
28 March 2011
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.
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.
Britain to provide emergency aid to Sudan
07 January 2011
The British Government today announced its further support for a rapid response fund in reaction to the fragile humanitarian situation in Sudan.
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.
Hygiene, sanitation and water: Forgotten foundations of health
15 November 2010
PUSS O'Brien launches a Sanitation & Water Series published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine.
Blog Action Day: Andrew Mitchell on water and sanitation
15 October 2010
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has joined Blog Action Day by writing his own blog on the issues of water and sanitation
Andrew Mitchell praises pupils ‘digging deep’ for Pakistan
30 September 2010
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell to congratulate pupils at Lordswood Boys’ School in Birmingham for their fundraising efforts for people in flood-hit Pakistan.