Africa CDC convenes emergency ministerial meeting as Ebola spreads across three African regions
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 21 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) will convene African health ministers next week to coordinate a continental response to the Ebola outbreak after cases were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya and Nigeria.
The high-level virtual meeting, scheduled for October 28, comes five months after Africa CDC declared the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security, with its spread across Central, Eastern and Western Africa raising concerns over cross-border transmission.
The meeting will seek to strengthen coordination between affected countries, mobilise support for ongoing containment efforts and reinforce preparedness in countries at risk of importing infections.
