News and Updates

August 20, 2026

HWSB open letter to Andy Burnham

"We see the consequences when prevention is delayed: more pressure on hospitals, more strain on overstretched services, and greater risks for patients who are already vulnerable. That is why investment in global health is also an investment in Britain’s own health security."

March 20, 2026

Press release: NHS workers warn: cuts to global health funding risks infectious disease affecting the UK

New polling shows a majority (59%) of NHS staff think that cutting overseas aid would increase the risk of infectious disease affecting the UK.

February 4, 2026

Launching Healthy World Secure Britain

Healthy World Secure Britain is a new campaign working with healthcare professionals and health organisations across the UK to highlight a simple truth: global health and domestic health are inseparable.

August 16, 2026

LBC: As a midwife, I know mothers are being asked to carry too much

"I worry about this hidden crisis: the mothers who are quietly carrying the burden of their children’s health," writes midwife Jasmine Jonah

June 19, 2026

LBC: Victorian diseases are back and killing children. HPV vaccine success shows a way out

The latest measles figures in England are a devastating reminder that diseases many people thought belonged to the past are not safely behind us, writes Dr Damian Roland.

June 5, 2026

GB News: NHS warns staff to prepare for Ebola outbreak in Britain with medics urged to isolate patients

The health service has told staff to be on high alert - while warning posters are emerging at major British travel hubs.

June 4, 2026

InView: NHS told to prepare for possible Ebola cases as deadly outbreak in Africa raises UK import fears

NHS staff have been advised to prepare for potential Ebola cases reaching the UK due to a rapidly growing outbreak of the deadly virus in Africa.

June 4, 2026

Daily Star: UK hospitals on red alert for lethal 'eye-bleed' virus as NHS told to prep for Ebola outbreak

The NHS has been placed on high alert and told to prepare for the potential UK arrival of a lethal strain of the Ebola virus currently spreading in Africa

June 4, 2026

MailOnline: NHS warns staff to 'prepare for Ebola outbreak in the UK' as eye-bleeding disease kills hundreds in Africa: 'Stock up on PPE and isolate patients ASAP'

NHS staff have been told to prepare for potential Ebola cases reaching the UK amid a fast-growing outbreak of the deadly virus in Africa.

June 4, 2026

iNews: GPs and nurses put on high alert for UK Ebola cases

Health officials issue NHS-wide urgent message telling staff to check PPE stocks and prepare for patients displaying symptoms

June 2, 2026

MailOnline: Race to create Ebola vaccine is ON: Three jabs in development amid growing outbreak fears as 250 die in two African nations

Three new vaccines are in development for the rare strain of Ebola virus currently devastating Central Africa - as scientists rush to stop the worst outbreak ever.

June 1, 2026

MailOnline: Brazil and Italy monitor patients with Ebola symptoms as health officials warn 'never before has an outbreak recorded so many cases so soon'

Health officials are on red alert after suspected cases of Ebola were found in Brazil and Italy - as experts warn that they have never seen 'so many cases' of the virus recorded this quickly.

May 27, 2026

MailOnline: Ebola outbreak 'spreading faster than can be controlled' warns WHO as cases rise to over 1,000

The current Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than it can be contained, the World Health Organisation's chief has warned, fuelling fears of a deepening global health crisis.

May 27, 2026

Britannia Daily: Ebola Outbreak Spreading Faster Than It Can Be Controlled, WHO Chief Warns

The World Health Organisation has issued a stark warning that the Ebola outbreak devastating the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than international health authorities can contain it.

May 25, 2026

Daily Mail: Ebola outbreak caused by rare strain with no vaccine, warn experts as cases pass 900 and first Red Cross volunteers die from the virus

A deadly and little-understood strain of Ebola is spreading rapidly across central Africa with no protective vaccine in sight, sparking fears of a major worldwide health crisis.

Campaign updates

HWSB open letter to Andy Burnham

Press release: NHS workers warn: cuts to global health funding risks infectious disease affecting the UK

Launching Healthy World Secure Britain

In the media

LBC: As a midwife, I know mothers are being asked to carry too much

LBC: Victorian diseases are back and killing children. HPV vaccine success shows a way out

GB News: NHS warns staff to prepare for Ebola outbreak in Britain with medics urged to isolate patients

InView: NHS told to prepare for possible Ebola cases as deadly outbreak in Africa raises UK import fears

Daily Star: UK hospitals on red alert for lethal 'eye-bleed' virus as NHS told to prep for Ebola outbreak

MailOnline: NHS warns staff to 'prepare for Ebola outbreak in the UK' as eye-bleeding disease kills hundreds in Africa: 'Stock up on PPE and isolate patients ASAP'

iNews: GPs and nurses put on high alert for UK Ebola cases

MailOnline: Race to create Ebola vaccine is ON: Three jabs in development amid growing outbreak fears as 250 die in two African nations

MailOnline: Brazil and Italy monitor patients with Ebola symptoms as health officials warn 'never before has an outbreak recorded so many cases so soon'

MailOnline: Ebola outbreak 'spreading faster than can be controlled' warns WHO as cases rise to over 1,000

Britannia Daily: Ebola Outbreak Spreading Faster Than It Can Be Controlled, WHO Chief Warns

Daily Mail: Ebola outbreak caused by rare strain with no vaccine, warn experts as cases pass 900 and first Red Cross volunteers die from the virus