UKaid Provides Support for New Vaccine to Eradicate Polio

A pioneering new vaccine that provides more effective protection against the two remaining strains of polio is being used for the first time in the world in Southern Afghanistan, Britain’s International Development Minister Mike Foster, has announced. The...

UK Humanitarian Aid to Help Pakistan Recover From Conflict

The United Kingdom (UK) will provide new emergency humanitarian aid and rebuild businesses and agriculture for millions of people affected by the recent conflict in Pakistan. The Department for International Development will help hundreds of thousands...

UK to Help Build 750 New Schools in Pakistan Administered Kashmir And North West Frontier Province

The United Kingdom (UK) is to help build 750 new schools in Pakistan Administered Kashmir and North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The schools will provide a safe learning environment for 90,000 children, who have been forced to study in tented facilities...

UK And Australia Launch Research And Advocacy Fund to Improve the Lives of Mothers And Children Across Pakistan

The UK and Australia have launched a new £18.3 million Research and Advocacy Fund (RAF) aimed at improving the lives of all mothers and children across Pakistan – the first fund of its kind in the country. Every year, 15,000 women in Pakistan die from...

U.K. to Remodel Its Education Programs in the World’s Poorest Countries

The United Kingdom is set to remodel its education program in the world’s poorest countries in an attempt to help children who are considered the hardest to reach and revive international efforts to get all primary aged children into school by 2015. The...