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Campaigners say the pharmaceutical system needs urgent reform to ensure patients everywhere get the medicines they need.

The availability of an effective vaccine and treatments do not negate the importance of building trust and understanding in communities affected by the Ebola outbreak, warns the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

The Health and Social Care Committee has called the Secretary of State for Health to appear before it to explain his refusal to provide it with information on the Government’s review of NHS overseas visitor charging.

A UN human rights expert expressed serious concerns about the number of children affected by leprosy in Brazil, many of whom are denied access to schooling, and urged the Government to take urgent steps to ensure the rights of those affected with the disease are protected.