By SHARON NAKOLA in Nairobi, Kenya |
chinadaily.com.cn |
The East African Community has unveiled a coordinated regional strategy to contain the spread of Ebola outbreak, including harmonized border screening measures and a new technical taskforce, as the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda continues to pose a cross-border public health threat across East Africa.
The measures were adopted during the 8th Extraordinary Meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health held this week.
The ministers agreed to harmonize Ebola surveillance and protective measures at airports, ports and land border crossings across the region and directed partner states to strengthen monitoring at points of entry and porous borders in line with national regulations and World Health Organization guidelines.
