Change to DelPHE focus countries: UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) has recently announced a change to the list of priority/PSA countries. These changes will come into effect for DelPHE from the next round of applications; round 4. In future the lead partner must be a HEI from one of the new focus countries. All commitments to continuing round 1, 2 and 3 DelPHE projects for non priority countries will be honoured. DFIDs new 22 focus countries are:
Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Yemen.