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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development
  • South Sudan: School books for the world's newest country

    Britain will provide school books to 2 million children, Lynne Featherstone said today during a visit to the capital

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

  • Health: New innovations to help visually impaired people

    Today Sightsavers announced thirteen new programmes that will focus on innovative ways to improve health for people living in poor countries as part of a UK aid funded scheme.

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

  • Reshuffle: New ministers for international development

    Rt Hon Justine Greening MP and Lynne Featherstone MP have been appointed as new ministers for international development

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

  • West Africa: Minister sees food aid saving lives in Sahel

    Minister Stephen O'Brien is in Niger to see for himself how British aid is helping thousands of people survive the food crisis in West Africa.

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

  • West Africa: Lifesaving aid for a further 200,000 people

    The aid includes emergency food for people across the region as well food vouchers to see them through the next six months

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

  • Green growth: Business to help beat resource scarcity

    Natural resources – such as food, water and energy – will come under extreme pressure within 20 years, says a new report released today

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance

    Speech by International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien at the Roundtable on Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance: The Future of International Development

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

  • South Sudan: UK warns of humanitarian disaster

    The British government will provide emergency support to help 100,000 people facing severe food shortages in South Sudan.

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

  • Stephen O’Brien: Slowing global deforestation

    Speech by Development Minister Stephen O'Brien to The Forest Trust conference on sustainable oil palm.

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

  • UK medics to help save lives of more mums and babies

    UK doctors, midwives and medics will train over 17,000 health workers to provide emergency care for mothers and newborns across Africa and Asia

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

  • Sudan: Hope for people hit by Darfur conflict

    Stephen O'Brien travelled to Darfur to see how UK aid is helping to bring security and justice to the region

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

  • Stephen O'Brien visits Somali community in Bristol

    International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien today visited Somali diaspora groups in Bristol to outline the aims of the Somalia Conference taking place in London on 23 February.

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

  • UK and partners unite to combat tropical diseases

    Private and public partners unite to combat 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020.

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

  • UK to protect 140 million people from tropical diseases

    UK aid will help global effort to rid the world of infectious tropical diseases

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

  • New contraception drive will save women's lives

    The UK will help save thousands of lives and avert nearly 220,000 unsafe abortions by providing much needed contraceptive supplies

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: Making green growth a priority

    Speech by Stephen O'Brien at the UN Global Compact event, looking at the role of the private sector in driving sustainable development.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: Integrating HIV and family planning services

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Stephen O'Brien speaks at the International Conference for Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: Family planning to transform women's lives

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Stephen O'Brien speaks at the opening of the International Conference for Family Planning in Senegal.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: Challenges and opportunities of family planning and population growth

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Stephen O'Brien, speaks about the challenges and opportunities of family planning and population growth at the International Conference for Family Planning in Senegal.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: On attacks against peacekeepers in Darfur

    Stephen O'Brien condemns the ongoing violence in Darfur.

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