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  • DFID Research: Nanotechnology in the fight against Malaria

    Project Nanomal has announced the development of a new handheld device to help combat Malaria.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK to protect up to 360 million children against polio

    New British aid announced today will step up efforts to vaccinate more children in developing countries to create a polio-free world

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • World Malaria Day - Minister warns of progress slipping

    Lynne Featherstone talks about the importance of sustained commitment to deal with malaria

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: The global rise of TB exposed in a new film

    A new four part series, released by Aeras, illustrates the very real and urgent fight against new drug resistant forms of TB.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New British boost for healthcare in DR Congo

    Six million people in DR Congo to get essential healthcare under a new British programme to improve lives and help create sustainable peace

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Climate Week Award for DFID

    Last week Evergreen Agriculture, a DFID funded project, was recognised in the UK Climate Week Awards.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New support to tackle HIV and AIDS in Malawi

    UK to provide additional support to tackle HIV and AIDS in Malawi, as well as support for wider healthcare

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK aid committed to prevent deaths from Malaria in Africa

    UK support in Mozambique leads to 40% fall in malaria related deaths. Further 5 million bed nets to be distributed in Uganda.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Armyworms- fighting in the fields

    A recent video report from Professor Kenneth Wilson of Lancaster University follows him in a visit to Tanzania where he witnesses the devastation wrought by the African Armyworm and discusses new research into pest control.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Knowing girls, knowing the risks: education, community and HIV in rural India

    The Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) conducted a qualitative survey to identify the perceived value of education among girls of school age in Karnataka, India.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Tuberculosis: WHO-Endorsed Test Offers Rapid Detection

    A systematic review of Xpert® MTB/RIF confirms the diagnostic accuracy of this TB test, and its ability to replace culture-based sensitivity testing. This provides authoritative underpinning to WHO’s endorsement of Xpert® MT…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Request for Applications: Round Three of the Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge

    The third round of Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has been launched. The Challenge seeks to identify and develop transformative approaches that integrate new science and technology into childbirth a…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Enhanced Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance: new evidence review

    ELRHA is currently looking for applicants interested in undertaking a new evidence review examining how research informs decision-making in the field of public health interventions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Shaping the future of HIV: Drivers and women

    With a larger proportion of women now living with HIV than men, STRIVE examine the network of influences which cause this increased vulnerability, and work to develop effective interventions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Training health policy-makers, practitioners and researchers to access and use systematic reviews

    In partnership with national bodies, the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Stellenbosch University, the South African Cochrane Centre and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine are delivering advanced courses for peo…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pakistan: UK to bolster health services for women and children

    Britain announces new support to prevent maternal and child deaths and unintended pregnancies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sudan: UK helps contain yellow fever outbreak

    Britain will support the vaccination of 2 million people in to help contain the worst yellow fever outbreak in 20 years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Technology: Mobile phones to increase take up of vaccines

    UK aid will match Vodafone's contribution to the GAVI Alliance with a $1.5 million cash contribution to increase childhood vaccination levels in Africa.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM message for World Aids Day

    Watch and read Prime Minister David Cameron's message for World Aids Day 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening: World AIDS Day 2012

    Speech by Secretary of State for International Development to the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS at the House of Lords.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government