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  • "Access to treatment is access to life"

    How Bonani in Zimbabwe is fighting stigma and discrimination to HIV and AIDS

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  • "If I help one person, to me that is a success"

    How George is helping to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS

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  • Protection for 4.7 million from malaria in Ghana

    The UK government has announced aid to protect nearly 5 million people in Ghana from malaria, including nearly 1 million children under the age of five.

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

  • A generation free of HIV

    How DFID is helping to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies in Zimbabwe

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  • Helping HIV positive mothers have HIV negative children

    A DFID funded project is helping to increase the number of HIV negative babies that are born in South Africa

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  • Sleeping safely under bednets

    How a DFID funded project in Kenya is protecting millions of people from malaria

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  • HIV care and support

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

  • Health portfolio review 2009

    The health portfolio review was carried out in 2009 to assess the value for money of DFID’s investments in health, and to identify ways to get even better value for money.

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

  • DFID Research: Tuberculosis patients benefit from new treatment strategy in Tanzania

    A new TB-treatment delivery strategy has been implemented by the National TB and Leprosy programme of Tanzania

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  • UK to lead global efforts to combat malaria

    The UK will help halve the number of deaths caused by malaria in at least ten African countries by 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will announce today.

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

  • British health workers save lives in developing countries

    International Development Secretary and Cardinal Turkson hear how British health workers play a crucial role in reducing maternal and child deaths in the world’s poorest countries.

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

  • MDGs in focus - MDG 4: Reduce child mortality

    How a slum community in Dhaka, Bangladesh has improved water and sanitation and reduced killer diseases

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  • Motorbikes and Midwives: A triple blessing

    Find out how UKaid is helping Kenyan mothers get access to maternal health care

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  • World Mosquito Day 2010

    World Mosquito Day highlights British leadership on fighting malaria

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

  • MDGs in focus – MDG 6: Combat HIV, AIDS, malaria and other diseases

    Find out how DFID is helping to tackle malaria in Nigeria

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  • UK aid to combat malaria

    A comprehensive ‘malaria business plan’ will set out how the UK will support the drastic reduction in the number of people who die from Malaria each year

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

  • World Population Day

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

  • Buddyz breed confidence to change themselves and their communities

    As a member of the thriving Soul Buddyz youth group based at the school – supported by UK aid, from the Department for International Development – Nompumelelo knows where her life is going.

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  • Access to Medicine Index

    Access to medicine is a basic right, yet each year millions of people die due to preventable and treatable diseases

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

  • Design for life

    Lesotho's factory workers get access to HIV treatment, thanks to DFID funding

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