To curb the spread of the Ebola virus in African countries,
the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a special meeting of Ministers
of Health of eleven countries and partners involved in the Ebola outbreak response
in Accra, Ghana from July 2-3, 2014 to discuss the best way of tackling the
crisis collectively as well as develop a comprehensive inter country
operational response plan.
According to a statement released by the WHO, there will be
2 sessions which will focus on the situation, risk assessment, testimonials
from Ebola survivors, a summary of technical discussions and a declaration of
the operational plan.
Ministers of Health from Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Gambia,
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda
as well as partners involved in the outbreak, extractive industry from the
affected countries, UN Agencies, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) , the Department for International Development (DFID), the European Union
(EU), the European Community Humanitarian aid Office (ECHO), Institute
Pasteur,International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRC), Medicin San Frontier (MSF),United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and the World Arabian Horse Organization (WAHO) are
expected to attend. The meeting will be held at the La Palm Golden Beach Hotel
in Accra, Ghana.
According to the emergence of the Ebola virus disease
outbreak in West Africa threatens regional and global public health security.
The World Health Organization has so far provided technical assistance through
the deployment of over 150 multidisciplinary team of experts involved in a
range of outbreak response activities such as surveillance, communication and
social mobilization, infection control, logistics, data management.
Despite this, there has been significant increase in the
number of daily reported cases and deaths of Ebola as well as newly affected
districts over the last three weeks. As of 23 June 2014, the total cumulative
number of cases reported was 635 out of which 399 died. This makes the on-going
Ebola outbreak, the largest in terms of the number of cases and deaths as well
as geographical spread.
Decisions taken at this meeting will be critical in
addressing the current and future outbreaks.
6 Comments
Ebola must not spread again
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ReplyDeleteWe can't wait for d disease to be flushed frm Africa
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