24th of July will forever remain in the heart of the Congolese. Speaking at AU headquarters, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the official announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 24 July 2018, of the end of the Ebola virus outbreak in the country. He commends the Congolese Government for its swift and effective response since the outbreak was declared on 8 May 2018 in the province of Equateur. The last case that tested negative was 42 days ago.
Mr Moussa continues by saying that as per the World Health Organization guidelines and the International Health Regulations, marks the end of the outbreak. The Chairperson of the Commission notes that the timely declaration of the outbreak, in accordance with the International Health Regulations, as well as the leadership and pro-activeness demonstrated by the Congolese Government, allowed a coordinated and efficient intervention of all concerned partners to swiftly contain the outbreak.
The African Union Commission, through the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has made a significant contribution to the efforts aimed at containing the outbreak, in support of the Congolese-led response. The Africa CDC deployed health personnel in the affected areas, trained more than 300 local experts, procured diagnostic equipment, and supported the DRC Ministry of Health in the central coordination of the response at the national level. The African Union will continue to support the efforts of the Congolese Government during the 90-day period of enhanced surveillance following the official end of the Ebola outbreak.
On 8 May 2018, the Ministry of Health of the DRC declared a new outbreak of the EVD in the Bikoro health zone. In which was the 9th outbreak of EVD over the past four decades in the country. Following the declaration of the outbreak, the African Union (AU) Commission, through the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), took a number of steps to contribute to the Government-led response. These included the following:
i. Activation of its Emergency Operational Centre (EOC) to monitor and coordinate the AU response from the Headquarters.
ii. Deployment of an advanced team of two epidemiologists within 48 hours following the outbreak, to support the Congolese Government efforts.
iii. Deployment of 37 staff both at Headquarters and to the field, including 21 surveillance experts in the affected health zones, as part of the Government-led response.
iv. Training of 320 local experts in the DRC, namely 50 laboratory experts in the diagnosis of EVD, 50 officers on surveillance and disease intelligence disease, and 220 border health officials on border screening and monitoring, as part of the strengthening of the national health system;v. procurement of six laboratory diagnostic (Genexpert) machines and 2,000 cartridges (testing kits) for a total of US$ 147,000 to be donated to the Government to support the diagnosis of Ebola virus diseases and other outbreak diseases.
vi. Support to the DRC Ministry of Health in the central coordination of the response at the national level.
Good news to the people of Congo
Culled from Africa CDC.
Mr Moussa continues by saying that as per the World Health Organization guidelines and the International Health Regulations, marks the end of the outbreak. The Chairperson of the Commission notes that the timely declaration of the outbreak, in accordance with the International Health Regulations, as well as the leadership and pro-activeness demonstrated by the Congolese Government, allowed a coordinated and efficient intervention of all concerned partners to swiftly contain the outbreak.
The African Union Commission, through the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has made a significant contribution to the efforts aimed at containing the outbreak, in support of the Congolese-led response. The Africa CDC deployed health personnel in the affected areas, trained more than 300 local experts, procured diagnostic equipment, and supported the DRC Ministry of Health in the central coordination of the response at the national level. The African Union will continue to support the efforts of the Congolese Government during the 90-day period of enhanced surveillance following the official end of the Ebola outbreak.
On 8 May 2018, the Ministry of Health of the DRC declared a new outbreak of the EVD in the Bikoro health zone. In which was the 9th outbreak of EVD over the past four decades in the country. Following the declaration of the outbreak, the African Union (AU) Commission, through the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), took a number of steps to contribute to the Government-led response. These included the following:
i. Activation of its Emergency Operational Centre (EOC) to monitor and coordinate the AU response from the Headquarters.
ii. Deployment of an advanced team of two epidemiologists within 48 hours following the outbreak, to support the Congolese Government efforts.
iii. Deployment of 37 staff both at Headquarters and to the field, including 21 surveillance experts in the affected health zones, as part of the Government-led response.
iv. Training of 320 local experts in the DRC, namely 50 laboratory experts in the diagnosis of EVD, 50 officers on surveillance and disease intelligence disease, and 220 border health officials on border screening and monitoring, as part of the strengthening of the national health system;v. procurement of six laboratory diagnostic (Genexpert) machines and 2,000 cartridges (testing kits) for a total of US$ 147,000 to be donated to the Government to support the diagnosis of Ebola virus diseases and other outbreak diseases.
vi. Support to the DRC Ministry of Health in the central coordination of the response at the national level.
Good news to the people of Congo
Culled from Africa CDC.
End Of Ebola outbreak In DRC
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