Ending FGM: UK aid makes largest ever investment
Today, DFID has announced £50 million of new funding to end female genital mutilation (FGM), the largest investment ever made to end FGM worldwide. The funding will support the African-led...
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Why spending money on family planning in developing countries benefits us all
...6 million unintended pregnancies help prevent the trauma of 75,000 stillbirths and nearly 44,000 new-born deaths DFID’s family planning support in the world’s poorest countries is helping women finish their...
Spending 0.7% on UK aid - and in the national interest
...as the amount of funding coming back into our own development financial instruments increases, we should be open to using the profits to count towards the 0.7%. The new chair...
Small Charities Challenge Fund
...to support UK charities reaching the most marginalised communities. The fund supports small, grassroots British charities working in developing countries to unlock new partnerships and fresh thinking. Charities can apply...
British medical heroes deploying to combat deadly diphtheria outbreak in Bangladesh
...Scotland and BBC Wales. There was additional coverage on the BBC News 24 news channel and in The Sun and Metro newspapers. A number of the medics also featured...
Mail on Sunday on Chinese investment in Africa
...or Chinese businesses, and we do not fund the Centre for New Structural Economics at Peking University Africa’s population is set to double by 2050 and as many as 18...
CDC’s crucial role in creating jobs in developing countries
...to 2016. It does not accurately reflect current CDC activities. A new five year strategy was agreed with CDC in 2017. The ICAI report recognises the transformation made by CDC...
Britain 'to spend millions in fight against child sex tourism'
...Philippines and an increasing number in the UK pay to watch child abuse over the internet. Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary, said the funding was part of a new...
UK leads fightback against infectious diseases
...BBC News at 6, BBC News at 10 and on the BBC News Channel. The Daily Telegraph published a clip on its YouTube site of the Prime Minister announcing the...
DFID and 0.7%: Why we should be proud of our aid commitment
New global figures for aid spending were released yesterday which showed the UK was one of five countries to meet or exceed the aid target of spending 0.7% of gross...