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  • G20 Summit: PM press conference

    Prime Minister David Cameron held a press conference at the G20 Summit in Turkey.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • UK government funding to further international work of Scottish medics

    Skilled NHS health professionals in Scotland to benefit from funding to help them teach counterparts in developing countries.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Malaria death rates drop by 60%

    The Millennium Development Goals target on malaria has been achieved with a sharp drop in cases and mortality.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Prime Minister congratulates Ebola heroes

    David Cameron hosted a reception for some of the 3,000 people who will receive a medal for their work in tackling Ebola in West Africa.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Greening: Drug resistant TB threatens to reverse decades of progress

    Britain to remain at the forefront of the fight against TB by funding the development of a simpler, safer and more affordable treatment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK ministers: Scotland can be proud of UK Ebola fight

    Scots have made a ‘profound contribution’ to the UK’s Ebola response in Sierra Leone, Baroness Northover and Alistair Carmichael said today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ebola outbreak: An update on the UK's response in West Africa

    Development Secretary Justine Greening gave an update to the House of Commons on Britain's work to beat Ebola in Sierra Leone and beyond.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Parveen: A woman empowered and valued in Bangladesh

    This International Women’s Day, meet the community care worker who is helping to improve the lives of girls and women in Dhaka.

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  • Ebola heroes

    Meet the ordinary people doing extraordinary work to defeat the disease in Sierra Leone.

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  • Update on Ebola response

    Britain will continue to provide the leadership and resources Sierra Leone needs to contain and control Ebola.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Over 70 NHS heroes fighting Ebola this Christmas

    British medics are being thanked for their work to defeat the disease in Sierra Leone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • On the frontline of Ebola

    Watch British medic Stacey Mearns tell her story of fighting the disease in Sierra Leone.

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  • UK welcomes international contributions to support efforts to end Ebola in Sierra Leone

    Countries around the world step up to back Britain's efforts to defeat the disease in the West African country.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New UK support for global immunisations to save a child’s life every 2 minutes

    The commitment to Gavi will protect millions of people from some of the world's most deadly diseases.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK supports global plans to help protect people from cancer and respiratory illnesses

    Britain has joined global action to help prevent millions of people dying each year from respiratory illnesses.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New British Ebola labs to help stop spread of virus

    Three new British Ebola laboratories will speed up diagnosis times across Ebola-struck Sierra Leone

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK secures €1 billion European Ebola commitment

    David Cameron gets European leaders to pledge more funding to fight Ebola.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British aid flight carrying medical supplies for Ebola treatment facility lands in Freetown

    Britain’s latest Ebola aid flight carrying vital medical supplies has landed in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prime Minister's call with President Koroma about Ebola

    Statement on this week's COBR meeting on Ebola in West Africa and the Prime Minister's call with President Koroma of Sierra Leone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain to extend assistance to combat Ebola in West Africa

    The UK will provide additional funding to strengthen health systems in Sierra Leone and Liberia and contain the spread of Ebola in West Africa, Justine Greening announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government