About Us

Why this matters now

Protecting the NHS

The NHS has never been under such a huge amount of strain. Strengthening our ability to detect and treat diseases abroad will mean fewer infectious diseases reach the UK reducing the burden on an overstretched health system.

Preventing infectious disease in the UK

Infectious diseases do not respect national borders. By detecting and treating diseases at source, we can prevent them from reaching us here at home in the UK in the first place.

Ending disease through UK science and tech

As a world leader in science and technology, our experts can end diseases globally - and deserve to be recognised and celebrated for it.

Our campaign goals

Protect the NHS by investing in global health systems

Global health spending is currently not framed or planned as a tool for easing pressure on the NHS. Commit to strengthening health systems and disease prevention capacity in key partner countries so that threats are stopped at source, not managed in UK hospitals.

Make global health a core UK health security pillar

While UKHSA's mandate does mention international engagement and overseas deployment, global health is positioned as a secondary function supporting WHO obligations rather than as a core pillar of UK health security. Global health surveillance, outbreak preparedness, and infectious disease prevention should be integrated into UKHSA's mandate and formal NHS planning cycles.

Include global health as a key pillar of the British life sciences sector plan

Global health R&D funding currently flows through FCDO aid channels rather than DSIT or UKRI innovation budgets. The emerging Life Sciences Sector Plan should explicitly position "Global Health Innovation" alongside domestic NHS adoption and manufacturing, ensuring British companies compete in high-growth global health markets.

Who we work with

Healthy World, Secure Britain is a campaign funded by the Gates Foundation. The campaign works with healthcare professionals and health organisations across the UK, including doctors, nurses, researchers, and professional bodies. Together, we focus on how investment in global health protects patients, strengthens the NHS, and helps keep Britain secure.

Healthy World, Secure Britain. is a campaign backed by health and care workers in the UK to raise awareness of how investing in global health efforts means safety and strength at home.