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Assessment behaviour change Zimbabwe [PDF - 735 KB]opens in a new window
14 March 2011
Report covers the period Jan 2006 to Sept 2010, during which the total PSI programme was mainly funded by DFID and USAID. The analysis covers the programme as a whole and does not distingush between activities funded by different donors
A new strategic vision for girls and women: stopping poverty before it starts [PDF - 140 KB]opens in a new window
08 March 2011
The UK has committed to putting girls and women at the heart of our development assistance. Our new vision for girls and women builds on the commitments set out in DFID’s Business Plan. It sets out four pillars for greater and more effective action.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) [PDF - 33 KB]opens in a new window
01 March 2011
A global public/private partnership that raises and disburses funds to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Multilateral Aid Review: Assessment of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) [PDF - 34 KB]opens in a new window
UNAIDS is a joint programme of 10 United Nations organisations and the UNAIDS Secretariat charged with delivering an effective response to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Choices for women - planned pregnancies, safe births and healthy newborns [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
31 December 2010
The UK’s Framework for Results for improving reproductive, maternal and newborn health in the developing world
Breaking the Cycle - Saving Lives and Protecting the Future [PDF - 1.3 MB]opens in a new window
The UK’s Framework for Results for malaria in the developing world
DFID Policy 2010: UK's policy position on safe and unsafe abortion in developing countries (Practice paper) [PDF - 566 KB]opens in a new window
01 December 2010
Women and adolescent girls must have the right to make their own decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and well being, and be able to choose whether, when and how many children to have.
DFID How to Note on corruption in health [PDF - 233 KB]opens in a new window
01 November 2010
Tackling corruption in the health sector is essential for achieving better health outcomes
Health portfolio review report 2009 [PDF - 582 KB]opens in a new window
The health portfolio review was carried out in 2009 to assess the value for money of DFID’s investments in health, and to identify ways to get even better value for money.
Evaluation of Health System Development Initiative (2005-10), West Bengal [PDF - 1.3 MB]opens in a new window
03 September 2010
Objectives of this evaluation are to rigorously assess the outcomes and impacts of HSDI in health and nutrition sector during 2005-10 and how they were achieved; and to analyse the achievements and challenges under the HSDI and document the reasons.
Impact evaluation of the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp), Malawi: Final report [PDF - 1.8 MB]opens in a new window
19 August 2010
This review responds to an NAO request for further work to assess the impact of the health Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) in Malawi.
Differential pricing for pharmaceuticals: Review of current knowledge, new findings and ideas for action [PDF - 759 KB]opens in a new window
01 August 2010
Pharmaceutical companies, global health donors and other stakeholders have increasingly recognized the need for a careful analysis of factors that restrict the use of differential pricing as a mechanism to improve access to medicines in the developing...
Results and value for money: A performance review of the human development portfolio in Mozambique [PDF - 1.2 MB]opens in a new window
01 July 2010
Over the period 2005-10 DFID Mozambique (DFIDMoz) spent around £ 74 million on the Human Development (HD) portfolio in Mozambique. The main result from this investment has been a significant contribution to basic services...
Product Development Partnerships (PDPs): Lessons from PDPs established to develop new health technologies for neglected diseases [PDF - 515 KB]opens in a new window
02 June 2010
This paper discusses the nature of the investment barriers in the neglected disease field and how the Product Development Partnership (PDP) model overcomes them.
Evaluation of the Medicines Transparency Alliance phase 1 2008-2010: Main report [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
01 April 2010
The evaluation of the MeTA initiative took place between 1st December 2009 and 28th Feb 2010.
DFID influencing in the health sector [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
30 November 2009
This review was carried out by independent researches from ODI, and aimed to assess whether DFID’s influencing and policy dialogue activities in the health sector provided good value for money.
Summary report of Industry Government Forum on Access to Medicines (IGFAM) [PDF - 2.5 MB]opens in a new window
01 October 2009
DFID met with pharmaceutical industry leaders to encourage them to think of practical ways to implement differential pricing to make medicines more accessible to poor people in developing countries and emerging markets.
Interim Evaluation of Taking Action: The UK Government’s [PDF - 4.1 MB]opens in a new window
01 March 2007
Maintaining Momentum Towards The MDGs: An Impact Evaluation Of Interventions To: Improve Maternal And Child Health And Nutrition Outcomes In Bangladesh (evsum mdgs-bangladesh) [PDF - 51 KB]opens in a new window
01 September 2005
Evaluation of DFID Development Assistance: Gender Equality and [PDF - 259 KB]opens in a new window
01 March 2005