One hundred million treatments of Coartem® Dispersible (artemether-lumefantrine), an antimalarial developed especially for children with P. falciparum malaria, have been delivered by Novartis to 39 malaria-endemic countries, Medicines for Malaria Venture

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia says that the double-digit economic growth the country has experienced over the last seven years has started benefitting its majority by boosting their income and productivity in agriculture and small-scale businesses. While the In

The only real justification for foreign aid has to be that we care about desperately poor people, irrespective of who they are or where they live. It makes sense for the DFID to be in India, because after all the bluster and brave talk from Indian elites

Blogminster seeks to bring you a live view of the workings of Parliament through the live commentary of insiders as well as departmental, parliamentary and government news. In addition, it gathers local news items that often languish on MPs’ individual w

How fortunate, then, that Britain is helping to fill the gap. The Mugabe-Tsvangirai government evidently believes that kitting out secondary schools is not worth a penny of Zimbabwean citizens’ money, but our Department for International Development (DFI

A piece in The Sunday Telegraph by Richard Gray, Science Correspondent, purports to give us spending data from the Department for International Development (DFID), "on projects which they say will either reduce carbon emissions abroad or attempt to deal

● Follow the road to sustainable development with Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical in his latest partnership with The Nature Conservancy ● Drupal development by the Macaroni Bros BRITAIN, through the Department for International Development (DFID), has ple

BRITAIN, through the Department for International Development (DFID), has pledged US$120 million to Zimbabwe earmarked for the improvement of women and children's health for the next four years. Speaking at Harare Central Hospital on Thursday, DFID's per

Blogminster seeks to bring you a live view of the workings of Parliament through the live commentary of insiders as well as departmental, parliamentary and government news. In addition, it gathers local news items that often languish on MPs’ individual w

Blogminster seeks to bring you a live view of the workings of Parliament through the live commentary of insiders as well as departmental, parliamentary and government news. In addition, it gathers local news items that often languish on MPs’ individual w

Richard Harrington is MP for Watford and a Member of the DFID Select Committee. It's rarely easy to be a defender of British aid - particularly to India and the last fortnight has proved especially hard. But neither the negative headlines and stories ove

The UK has played its full part in providing essential aid to help those affected by conflict. Our support has been based on humanitarian needs with a clear focus on delivering results. We continue to work with other donors and international partners to

In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Jill Sheffield, founder and President of Women Deliver, responds to an opinion piece published in the Guardian's "Poverty Matters Blog" on Friday in which Ofra Koffman -- a

Residents now enjoy safe and reliable drinking water in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. SHURUGWI, Zimbabwe, 16 February 2012 – Emily Butau used to wake up every day dreading the task of collecting water for her family. After sending her three children off to school,

Blogminster seeks to bring you a live view of the workings of Parliament through the live commentary of insiders as well as departmental, parliamentary and government news. In addition, it gathers local news items that often languish on MPs’ individual w

Other areas of DFID intervention would be supporting investment promotion and facilitation activities for enhancing investment in industries and infrastructure in the state and strengthening single window system at the state and district levels. The Oris

When Britain begs India to keep taking aid, you know aid is more about nourishing soulless Westerners than feeding hungry Southerners. The debate about whether Britain should continue giving aid to India will surely rank as one of 2012’s most ‘Alice in W

Based on its recent progress and commitment towards providing health coverage for all Nigerians, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been granted membership of the Joint Learning Network (JLN). The JLN is a platform financed mainly by the Wor

To say that Somalia gets a bad press is an understatement, and yet those who know the region well are aware that considerable commercial activity is taking place. Whilst no one should underestimate the challenges of doing business in the region HABA reco