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DFID's response to coverage of maternal health figures

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 30 October 2018 - Categories: Family planning, Health, Women and Girls
Parveen gave birth to her second daughter in the Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford Hospital, in Dhaka, where UK aid is supporting Ipas to train medical staff in family planning methods, so any women who wants it can have access to high-quality, women-centred advice and services.

Today, Tuesday 30 October, there has been newspaper coverage of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s (ICAI) report on DFID’s maternal health programmes. This is DFID's response.

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It is only with thorough evaluation, we can ensure aid does work

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 15 October 2018 - Categories: Ghana, Uncategorized
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DFID stands by its decision to fund the project in northern Ghana, but accepts the robust, independent evaluation, which concluded it should be not be scaled up

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DFID on spending UK aid on infrastructure in developing countries

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 12 October 2018 - Categories: Africa, Infrastructure, Official Development Assistance
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The Sun’s online headline completely misrepresents the findings of the ICAI report, focussing as it does exclusively on a very narrow area of DFID’s work in this field, namely potholes.

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Penny Mordaunt sets out vision for UK aid post Brexit

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 9 October 2018 - Categories: 0.7%, CDC, Humanitarian aid, Jobs and Prosperity

...products that will invest in the Global Goals? Or open an app on their phone, and select which Goals they’d most like to invest in?” The Secretary of State also...

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Vital UK aid arrives in Palu

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 7 October 2018 - Categories: Humanitarian aid, Indonesia
UK aid forklift at Palu airport

Vital UK aid has been arriving in Palu to help the vulnerable survivors of the earthquake and tsunami which have hit Indonesia.

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Update on UK aid’s response to the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 2 October 2018 - Categories: Humanitarian aid, Indonesia

The UK’s team of five experts have arrived in Jakarta this evening, and will immediately begin work on helping to co-ordinate the international response.  An additional humanitarian expert has deployed today to provide further support.

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