Department for International Development News
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT  DFID, the Department for International Development, is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain’s aid to poor countries. Our work is focused on achieving the Millennium Development Goals - the United Nations targets for fighting poverty that must be met by 2015. We work with charities, international organisations and the governments of poor countries to find lasting solutions to the global problem of poverty. WEBSITE SPONSORS
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 UK aid to combat malariaThe Government is set to put the fight against malaria at the forefront of aid efforts in Africa, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today. Mitchell: "New focus on family planning to reduce deaths in pregnancy and childbirth"The UK Government is to put family planning at the heart of its approach to women’s health in the developing world in an attempt to reduce the persistently high number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth, Andrew Mitchell announced today. Aid budget to be refocused to deliver better results for world’s poorestBritain will in future focus its aid on fewer countries in a move designed to increase the impact of UK funding on the world’s poorest people, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today. Mitchell: Aid to work harder for AfghanistanInternational Development Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell has announced that aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan needs to to get higher priority at the Department of International Development and that this needs to be more closer integrated with work on stabilisation. The announcement comes as he visits Afghanistan alongside the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and the Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, to take stock of the UK´s Afghanistan strategy. Budget 2010: DFID commits to make £150m efficiency savings whilst keeping pledges to the world´s poorToday the Department for International Development announces that it will deliver £150m of savings, as its departmental contribution towards £11bn savings that are being made across Government. British Development Secretary commits extra funding for Helmand stabilisation and developmentBritish International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander today (Tues March 9th) launched a new growth programme for Helmand to provide jobs and help for farmers and local businesses. UK signs new deal to fight poverty in Palestinian TerritoriesThe UK and Palestinian National Authority (PNA) have agreed to a new approach to tackling poverty in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) in a drive to improve basic services and raise the standard of living for tens of thousands of people. UK government to give $10 million to Haiti relief effort (Released at 11:00 GMT)Humanitarian relief work in Haiti will be supported by a $10 million donation from the Department for International Development. UKaid supports new vaccine to eradicate polioA pioneering new vaccine that provides more effective protection against the two remaining strains of polio is being used for the first time in the world in Southern Afghanistan, International Development Minister Mike Foster, announced today. Next Page | Last Page | |
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