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How support groups in Mozambique are helping to break the cycle of malnutrition.
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Providing school children in Afghanistan with the nutrition they need
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New varieties of sweet potato help children grow up to be healthy in Uganda
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How community-based female health workers are preventing the deaths of mothers and babies
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DFID today threw its weight behind the Open Access movement by publishing its own Open and Enhanced Access Policy for the research that it funds.
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New bridges replace those destroyed either by the conflict in 2009 or the devastating floods in 2010
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How a midwifery school is inspiring a new generation of midwives
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From tending fields to tailoring - how UK aid and Mercy Corps are investing in Afghanistan's youth
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How women are transforming their lives with big business ideas
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How a British charity is helping communities recover from conflict
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How UK aid and the HALO Trust are helping farmers reclaim their fields in Afghanistan
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UK aid is working with CAFOD to bring clean, safe water to the world's poorest communities
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How UK aid is helping to improve hygiene and sanitation in Bangladesh
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How UK aid is helping to ensure the next generation is free of disease
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How UK aid has helped thousands of families return to their homes in Leogane
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How UK aid is rebuilding business and investment in Sierra Leone
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How UK aid is protecting some of the most vulnerable people in Kenya through cash transfers
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Thanks to the Vietnam Challenge Fund programme, supported by UK aid, farmer Cau is starting up her own business
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November 2011 sees another round of negotiations on climate change with the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) due to be held in Durban, South Africa.
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Last month the United Nations Population Fund announced that global population has passed 7 billion. This landmark brings the issue of population growth and its impact into sharp focus
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How UK aid is helping people get access to safe and nutritious food
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DFID-funded research helps generate new knowledge to improve access to primary and secondary education for disadvantaged children in poor countries
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New research has brought about significant environmental and economic improvements to Indonesia’s pulp and paper sector.
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How Save the Children are treating malnourishment thanks to UK aid
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UK aid is at work in Burma, supporting families and protecting livelihoods
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Government Economic Service (GES) student placements graduates talk about their experiences working on the scheme.
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How UK aid is helping Zambian women transform their lives with and plan for the future through family planning services
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Metre long guinea worms caused Sadia agonising pain. Find out how UK aid is helping eradicate the disease
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The Government of Zambia has established access and quality of education, especially for girls, as a national priority, even in hard economic times.
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The Gambia has worked directly to address gender disparity in education, particularly in poor rural communities.
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How UK aid is changing lives by getting more girls into school
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Nepal is on track for MDG 5. Childbirth is no longer the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age.
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Vietnam has successfully achieved MDG 7 Target 7C, according to the most recent World Health Organization/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Report (2010). Vietnam has also made progress towards its own more challenging sector targets.
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The GAVI Alliance, a global effort to bring new vaccines to the developing world, brings together diverse partners, leverages huge levels of resources, and saves millions of lives.
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An innovative health workers’ scheme has completely transformed the face of health care across rural Ethiopia.
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To improve nutrition in the developing world, new funding will be used to evaluate the evidence and carry out research on what works and what doesn’t.
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How UK aid is helping malnourished children and their mothers as part of the response to the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa
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How UK aid is helping Uganda's poorest people to grow their own food and move away from emergency handouts
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Linking women who test HIV positive in antenatal and maternity services to long-term HIV care and treatment services in Kenya
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A qualitative study of the lives of people living with HIV who have been taking antiretroviral therapy for more than one year in Wakiso District, Uganda.
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How UK aid is helping Ethiopian farmers to get a fair price for their produce
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How UK aid has provided seeds and fertilisers to help people recover
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Solar powered technology funded by UK aid brings light to rural Pakistan
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Helping to build flood-resistant houses across Pakistan
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UK aid is getting children in Pakistan back to school after the devastation left behind by the floods
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How UK aid works with the private sector to help lift people out of poverty in Africa
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Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone meets the women who are helping their communities
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How UK aid is helping to lower the price of HIV treatment
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How improved security and agricultural support from the UK is helping Afghan farmers to move away from growing poppies to more sustainable crops
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Merlin was one of a number of local and international non governmental organisations supported by the UK government to bring much needed assistance to the survivors of Cyclone Giri which struck Burma Rakhine State in October.