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Responding to the needs of Women and Children in Yemen 301140
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will address the devastating impact the conflict in Yemen is having on women and children, particularly the most marginalised. It will provide access to life-saving integrated health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and protection services. This approach responds directly to two key UK humanitarian aims in Yemen: preventing famine and ensuring respect for International Humanitarian Law.
Mozambique Demographic Transition - Waala - Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To contribute to a more favourable enabling environment for the demographic transition in Mozambique, through coordinated action with others. The FCDO will use programming, evidence and diplomacy to influence decision-makers to increase investments towards cost-effective interventions that will accelerate changes in the population structure. These interventions will help young people to fulfil their potential by preventing unintended pregnancies and improving the literacy and numeracy skills among girls. The Government’s systems will be strengthened to include population issues in planning and budgeting. Over 130,000 unintended pregnancies will be averted resulting in 427,000 users of modern contraceptives. These investments should help to offset deteriorating human capital outcomes because of COVID-19.
Saving Lives in Sierra Leone Phase 3
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To save women and children’s lives by improving the quality, availability and accessibility of (reproductive, maternal, new born and child health (RMNCH) services
Umoyo Wathu Health System Strengthening Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To reduce rates and inequalities in maternal, under-5 and new-born deaths; as well as reduce stunting in under-5s, by strengthening the quality and coverage of a package of essential health services through lower level district administration. The programme will increase the provision and uptake of quality, highly cost effective life-saving primary healthcare services provided free at the point of use, and so better protect the most vulnerable against the financial consequences of ill health. By 2028, the programme will contribute to reducing maternal mortality from 439 to 350 per 100,000 births; neonatal mortality from 27 to 22 per 1,000 live births; child mortality from 64 to 48 per 1,000 live births; stunting in children under five years of age reduced from 37% to 31%; and impact of communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics.
UK Humanitarian Support in Palestine.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The “Humanitarian Support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs)” programme aims to improve the resilience of households to mitigate the consequences of the protracted protection crisis in the OPTs; save lives during emergency spikes, for example a flare up in violence; and prevent a further deterioration in the humanitarian situation until a more durable political solution is reached.
Bangladesh Climate and Environment Programme (BCEP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To help deliver a more climate resilient, less carbon intensive and cleaner Bangladesh. The programme will help tackle adaptation, energy, environmental management and climate governance challenges at national and local level, in communities across Bangladesh.
Empowering Women for Better Reproductive Health Outcomes (EMPOWER)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Empowering Women for Better Reproductive Health Outcomes” (EMPOWER) will contribute to (a) a reduction in preventable deaths of mothers, babies, and children, and (b) women and girls’ empowerment through choices about whether and when to have children and economic opportunities – both UK priorities. By the end of the programme, it will have averted over 2.4 million unwanted pregnancies and 3,700 maternal deaths.
Building a Resilient Health System to End Preventable Maternal, New-born and Child Deaths in Ethiopia
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
In line with Manifesto commitments and FCDO Ethiopia’s strategic business planning, this programme will help to prevent avoidable maternal, new born and child deaths and accelerate the fertility transition in Ethiopia by building the capacity of the health system to self-finance quality health services for all its citizens, without financial hardship by 2030. It builds upon the gains made and lessons learned from current and past health investments, moving beyond increasing access to health services by supporting efforts to . improve quality of care for better reproductive, maternal, new-born and child health (RMNCH) outcomes; . target more effectively the poorest and most vulnerable to drive health equity; •increase the health system’s capacity to respond to crises; and •reduce reliance on external actors for health financing and technical assistance as DFID prepares to exit from bilateral financial aid for health by 2025.
Refugee Support, Empowerment and Transformation (Re-SET)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme is targeting to provide refugee support in Uganda that is beyond an emergency framing onto a longer-term more sustainable footing. This will be delivered through three pillars below. Acute humanitarian needs will be provided but to the most highly vulnerable based upon an up-to-date needs assessment. Self-Reliance and Resilience will be prioritised, supporting refugees and host communities to transition from poverty and vulnerability by building livelihoods and income generating opportunities using market-led approaches and private sector linkages System Change targeting impactful areas of transformation. This could include technical support for the transition of services, Refugee Engagement Forums, and establishment of a data and learning facility
Sub-National Governance Programme -II (SNG-II)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
SNG-II supports improved public financial management to enhance basic service delivery for the poorest and most vulnerable populations, including women, girls, and persons with disabilities. It also aims to strengthen citizen perceptions of government performance. The programme operates across four thematic areas: Planning and Reform Budgeting and Transparency Fiscal Space Innovations Implementation spans the federal level and the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Sindh.
Advancing SRHR by Strengthening Grassroots Organisations and Countering Efforts to Roll Back Rights
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will strengthen grassroots and civil society organisations, networks and movements to defend and advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in their own communities and countries. It will also strengthen the international enabling environment for these efforts, in the context of intensified international pushback against women’s and girls’ and LGBT+ rights.
Zimbabwe Partnerships for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Zimbabwe Partnerships for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth portfolio programme will be the UK’s flagship ODA programme in Zimbabwe, supporting UK strategic objectives and the new Approach to Africa. With a £28 million budget, the programme aims to unlock inclusive, sustainable economic growth as the primary pathway out of poverty, while advancing mutual UK–Zimbabwe interests in trade, investment, and stability. It will strengthen the foundations for growth—particularly human capital, public systems, governance, and climate resilience—while accelerating key drivers of growth such as finance, private sector productivity, and trade, and embedding women and girls throughout. Delivered through adaptive, locally led partnerships, the programme leverages UK expertise, investment, and convening power to catalyse long-term, system-level change.
Humanitarian Assistance, Recovery and Protection (HARP) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The HARP programme will provide lifesaving assistance to the most vulnerable people in Ukraine and Moldova, delivering in line with commitments set out in the UK humanitarian framework. The programme will prioritise humanitarian assistance to the areas of most severe needs, protect civilians, particularly those who may face barriers to accessing assistance, with a focus on gender-based violence and promotion of International Humanitarian Law and prevent the deterioration of households into humanitarian need through preparedness efforts to mitigate impact of shocks.
CHOICES FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will build on the success of its predecessor Reproductive Health Supplies and use innovative approaches to expand access to high quality Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) products for over 21 million women and adolescents every year. The CHOICES programme will be the UK’s largest investment in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Working with governments, NGOs and the private sector, it will strengthen health systems and expand access to high quality contraceptives, abortion products, and maternal and newborn health medicines for millions of women and adolescents.
UK Humanitarian Support in Palestine (2026-2029)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme aims to deliver the UK’s high ambition to provide humanitarian support to Palestine, by supporting vulnerable civilians in Gaza and the West Bank and addressing their urgent humanitarian and protection needs. Interventions are designed to save lives, alleviate suffering, and prepare for early recovery where possible, while maintaining flexibility in a volatile context. This aligns to humanitarian principles and the FCDO’s Humanitarian Framework. The programme builds on lessons and evidence from its predecessor, which achieved strong results after being scaled up in response to the war (Oct 23). Based on this learning, we will maximise the impact of our spend by focusing on priority areas, in line with needs and UK expertise. This includes maintaining a strong contribution to the health response.
Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents: Phase 3
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme will continue FCDO support to the the Global Financing Facility (GFF). The GFF is a World Bank multi-donor trust fund (MDTF), launched in 2015 to achieve Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH-N) outcomes. The GFF currently supports 36 low and lower-middle income countries which account for 67.2% of global preventable maternal, newborn and child mortality. The GFF design puts countries in the lead and prioritises women and girls, health system strengthening and sustainability. At a time when global maternal mortality rates have stalled or even reversed and when COVID-19, economic crises, climate and conflict all threaten progress, this programme will support the most vulnerable women and children. GFF grants provide catalytic funding to improve essential health services and are delivered hand in hand with larger World Bank IDA/IBRD loans.
Indonesia Digital Health Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The programme is generally aimed to enforce Indonesia's health sector through enhancement of digital health ecosystem, mainly on regulatory framework, and development of health workforce in specified clinical and non-clinical skills, including on genomics-based healthcare, stroke care, and midwifery. The projects are contributing to the betterment, more inclusive, and more accessible public healthcare services, resulting in the improvement in overall health outcomes of the population. The collaboration will be done through direct technical assistance, consultancy, capacity building and knowledge exchange together with a range of expertise from the UK and local health systems. The programme is run from 2021 to 2028 according to the Business Case. In 2021-2024, it supported projects on strengthening maternal health, English for health workers, and digital health. This AMP will capture remaining projects from 2024 to 2028.
UK Support to Palestinian Refugees(UKSPR) 2022-2028
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide predictable, multi-year funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East which will help the Agency deliver basic education including to girls, health services including family planning, vaccines and pre-natal and anti-natal services, relief services and humanitarian aid to more than 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
WISH Dividend - successor programme to WISH 205241
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To increase the use of family planning methods to reduce maternal deaths and prevent the use and access to unsafe abortion, including for marginalised and young women. To enable women and girls to safely plan their pregnancies and improve their sexual and reproductive health. To deliver UK commitments towards Universal Reproductive Health and Rights [SDGs 3.7 and 5.6]. To support a range of services including family planning, education and behaviour change, prevention of unsafe abortion and other integrated sexual and reproductive health services.
Strengthening Climate Resilient Systems for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Ethiopia (SCRS - WASH)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Improve access to climate-resilient water and improved sanitation services and good hygiene practices for 300,000 people in the prioritised drought-affected and drought-prone areas of Ethiopia. The proposed Strengthening Climate Resilient Systems for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Ethiopia (SCRS-WaSH) programme will contribute to the Government of Ethiopia's Climate Resilient WaSH provision to drought-prone areas. the programme aims to realise this through a combination of targeted Financial Aid and Technical Assistance support. The FA will focus primarily on improving climate-resilient WaSH facilities which ensure year-round access to resilient WaSH services at household, community and institution levels in the targeted intervention areas. This will be complemented with TA support that focuses on strengthening the WaSH delivery systems.
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