Making it happen this Mother's Day
...friend in a remote mountain region in northern Pakistan, when we heard crying from inside a wooden hut. It turned out that a young woman was struggling to give birth...
And now, the good news...
As a journalist I spend a lot of time reporting on the developing world. To be honest, many of my stories focus on problems and failures, so when I was approached to moderate an event about the Millennium Development Goals …
Powerful stories of lives saved and lives improved
Yesterday, Secretary of State Mitchell and I co-hosted an event along the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to celebrate successes and innovations towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Indeed, the world has much to celebrate. Through partnerships between …
Pumping investment into Mozambique's water supply
I love a good cause, and the theme of Blog Action Day today is about as good as they get: water. Water is a hugely important issue globally and particularly for developing countries such as Mozambique where shortages of clean …
Consultation on reproductive, maternal and newborn health
This is just a quick post to alert those who do not yet know about the DFID consultation on reproductive, maternal and newborn health, and to remind those who have not yet commented, that the deadline for participation in this …
The poor deserve a better deal
One early July day, I made my first flight to Africa, was delivered with my blue rucksack to a guest house on Ngong Road in Nairobi, and enjoyed my first encounter with a noisy Mynah bird, singing loudly outside my …
The Global Health Initiative
At the end of last week, I went with my DFID colleague Katie Bigmore to the offices of USAID, which are really close to the DFID office near the waterfront in downtown Maputo. We were there to give a brief …
New mandate for Minister Garrido
Last Friday morning I had just emerged from a meeting with Minister Paulo Ivo Garrido, who I have posted a blog about previously. Minister Garrido was confirmed as the Minister for Health of Mozambique for a second term following the inauguration …
A few days in the field
I’m just back from a trip to the far north west of Bangladesh, near the Indian border. It was a very welcome, cool and quiet change from Dhaka. I first took part in a review of joint donor support to …
Head of WHO, Margaret Chan, travels to Brighton
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is a hugely important partner for DFID in our joint efforts to support improved health. Margaret Chan, World Health Organisation's dynamic director general, wowed the health advisers at the meeting in Brighton with her incisive observations on …
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