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Guidance from the UK Health Security Agency imported fever service (IFS) on arranging samples to test for viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).

• Updated: 24 November 2022

• Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) sample testing from the imported fever service

  Doctors requesting advice on testing samples from possible viral…

Bi-annual UK armed forces and UK civilian operational casualty and fatality statistics for Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) led operations.

• Updated: 13 November 2025

The World Health Organisation declares the widespread Ebola crisis in West Africa is over.

• Updated: 15 January 2016

First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship began her journey to Sierra Leone today as part of the UK’s response to the Ebola outbreak.

• Updated: 17 October 2014

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

This weekend saw the return of 105 UK and Canadian military personnel from Sierra Leone.

• Updated: 4 July 2015

First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Answers to specific questions on laboratory testing of samples from patients with possible Ebola virus disease.

• Updated: 15 July 2025

Prime Minister David Cameron and the German Chancellor gave a joint press conference in Downing Street yesterday.

• Updated: 8 January 2015

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

Secretary of State for International Development, Rory Stewart, updates on the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the UK's response.

• Updated: 20 May 2019

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Gina Radford writes in the Huffington Post about the Ebola outbreak.

• Updated: 26 February 2015

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

Results from a trial of a new Ebola vaccine confirm it can progress to larger scale testing.

• Updated: 28 January 2015

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