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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

  • DFID steps up support for emergency health and sanitation in Gaza

    £3 million in funding has been awarded to 10 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help more than half a million people in Gaza.

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

  • Extra UK aid to get food into Gaza

    The UK has announced £3 million in new funding so the World Food Programme can get emergency food to more than 300,000 people in Gaza.

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

  • Britain to provide new assistance to combat Ebola in West Africa

    The UK will provide medical support and supplies to contain the spread of Ebola in West Africa, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced on Friday 25 July.

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

  • New UK support for civilians caught up in Gaza violence

    In response to continuing violence in Gaza, the UK is providing emergency support to help tens of thousands of Palestinians.

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

  • UK to help save millions from preventable blindness

    Lynne Featherstone announces new support to help protect the sight of millions of people in Africa at risk of developing blindness caused by trachoma.

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

  • Closing in on a world without polio

    A world without polio is now ‘tantalisingly’ close International Development Secretary Justine Greening told guests during her keynote speech at a Rotary International reception.

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

  • UK development bonds will combat global poverty

    The UK will launch its first ever development impact bond to improve healthcare in Africa by bringing together private and public investment.

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

  • Female genital mutilation: “My courageous decision to go against tradition”

    Why a mother in Burkina Faso has decided not to have her daughters cut, thanks to a project supported by UK aid.

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