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  • Vaccine summit saves four million lives in four hours

    The UK spearheaded a global effort to vaccinate a quarter of a billion children by 2015

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

  • UK works towards zero infections of HIV

    Today the UK announced it will help reduce new HIV infections by at least half a million among women in Africa by 2015.

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

  • Stephen O’Brien: AIDS - towards zero infections

    Speech by Stephen O'Brien to the United Nations General Assembly on 9 June 2011.

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

  • Proof positive - medicine for a healthy life in Malawi

    How UK aid is helping to lower the price of HIV treatment

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  • UK-US Partnership for Global Development

    Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama reaffirm our commitment to changing the lives of the 1.2 billion poor people in the world today.

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

  • Call for more investment in immunisation to save lives

    International Development Minister Alan Duncan today called for additional investment in the GAVI Alliance to fund immunisation programmes in the world's poorest countries and help stop the deaths of millions of children…

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

  • DFID research: The role of Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) in adoption of new health products

    New review explores the catalytic role of PDPs as countries decide whether to adopt new products

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

  • DFID research: New evidence informs WHO guidelines on treating severe malaria in children

    Results from a new trial show that artesunate should replace quinine as recommended drug for treating severe malaria in children

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

  • UK tackles malaria resistance in Burma

    Britain is leading the fight against malaria drug resistance through a project in Burma which is tackling issues around diagnosis, prescription of drugs and prevention.

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

  • DFID research: Antimalarial trees in East Africa threatened with extinction

    A new book from the ICRAF identifies species of antimalarial trees that have potential for further study and development as crops.

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

  • Battling malaria in India

    How a DFID supported health programme in rural India is helping to raise awareness of malaria prevention and treatment among vulnerable tribal communities

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  • DFID research: Quality of private and public services central to improving health outcomes

    New systematic review states an urgent need to improve quality of outpatient care in both the public and private sector in poorer countries.

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

  • World TB Day

    In a speech ahead of World TB day today, International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien reiterated the UK’s government’s commitment to the global goal of halving deaths from TB by 2015.

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

  • TB and HIV in Africa

    COPY PENDING

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

  • Protection from malaria in Mozambique

    More than five million people - one million of them children under the age of five - will be protected from malaria in Mozambique with help from the British Government.

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

  • DFID Research: WHO publishes second edition of guidelines for the treatment of malaria

    A Cochrane Review by the DFID-funded Effective Health Care Research Consortium helped to define policies in the new edition of the guidelines

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  • DFID Research: Malaria control in a complex context

    Research into malaria control methods has helped to reduce disease spread in conflict areas of Afghanistan and refugee camps in Pakistan

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  • DFID Research: A farmer-friendly approach to preventing avian flu in Viet Nam

    Improved hygiene in poultry production can reduce the spread of avian flu and improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers

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  • UK to help UNICEF boost health and education

    The UK Government will boost its contribution to UNICEF to help the global children’s agency improve the health, protection and education of the world’s poorest children.

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

  • Dignity and relief after years of suffering

    UKaid helps women suffering from obstetric fistula access surgery in Tanzania

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