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The Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell has announced new UK support to Tanzania to help save lives and unlock investment.

• Updated: 4 April 2024

A £4 million funding boost from the UK will help test new approaches to increase the number of people diagnosed and treated for tuberculosis (TB).

• Updated: 24 March 2024

The Minister for Development, Andrew Mitchell spoke at the summit on using the UK's International Development White Paper to make global health a priority.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

The UK government announces measures to support climate-vulnerable countries and joins calls for bolder action on climate adaptation.

• Updated: 2 December 2023

Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, will visit Timor-Leste 29 Sept-2 Oct to launch a UK-UNICEF programme combating child malnutrition.

• Updated: 29 September 2023

New UK funding will help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals by boosting health security and improving health and wellbeing around the world.

• Updated: 21 September 2023

UK delivers multi-million pound boost in Africa to strengthen health workforce and build resilience against global threats.

• Updated: 1 September 2023

The Foreign Secretary has announced new healthcare support to vulnerable Yemeni women and children.

• Updated: 28 July 2023

The Paraguayan Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS) and the University of Stirling signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

• Updated: 4 April 2023

The UK Government will match fund up to £6million of public donations to Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day appeal.

• Updated: 17 March 2023

UK Minister for Development visits Niger and announces support for vulnerable communities in the Sahel.

• Updated: 16 February 2023

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UNFPA Humanitarian Action 2023 Overview

• Updated: 13 December 2022

UK Minister for Development visits Somalia and commits vital UK aid in response to the growing risk of famine.

• Updated: 2 December 2022

New UK support to the Global Fund will help fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

• Updated: 14 November 2022

The British Government donated PPE to Honduras to support Covid-19 pandemic response.

• Updated: 17 October 2022

The support includes £2.2m - UGX9.3bn - for UN agencies working with the Government of Uganda in the Ebola response.

• Updated: 13 October 2022

Solomon Islands key health facilities on Malaita, Western and Choiseul provinces have been supported and equipped to respond to subsequent waves of COVID-19.

• Updated: 16 May 2022

Minister for Africa Vicky Ford announced a new £25 million aid package for Somalia which will support over a million people battling drought across the country.

• Updated: 26 April 2022

Statement by Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon at the UN Security Council briefing on on vaccines in conflict zones

• Updated: 11 April 2022

New funding for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) will speed up vaccine development.

• Updated: 24 February 2022