DFID [to 28 November 2015]
https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-development
Selected Announcements

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Leaving no one behind: Our promise
Published 24 November 2015 Policy paper DFID
[See Week in Review above]

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Chancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates to join forces to end malaria
Published 22 November 2015 News story DFID and HMT
A new £1 billion fund will be used to support the global fight against malaria and other infectious diseases.
Chancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates have announced they are to join forces as part of the global effort to end malaria.

A new £1 billion Ross Fund – named after Sir Ronald Ross, the first ever British Nobel Laureate who was recognised for his discovery that mosquitoes transmit malaria – will be used to support the global fight against malaria and other infectious diseases…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have announced they will partner with the UK in this work, and have welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement.

The £1 billion will include a £300 million package focused on malaria and other infectious diseases. This will include:
:: a £90 million eradication of malaria implementation fund
:: £100 million support for research and development into products for infectious diseases
:: £115 million to develop new drugs, diagnostics and insecticides for malaria, TB and other infectious disease resistance
It will also fund work to target diseases with epidemic potential, neglected tropical diseases, and diseases with emerging resistance…