According to President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, African nations should band together to tackle the continent’s high illness burden and stop relying solely on outside assistance. According to President HICHILEMA, it is time for Africa to cease showing off its shortcomings in containing disease outbreaks. According to him, many African nations lack the emergency coordination structures needed…
According to President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, African nations should band together to tackle the continent’s high illness burden and stop relying solely on outside assistance.
According to President HICHILEMA, it is time for Africa to cease showing off its shortcomings in containing disease outbreaks.
According to him, many African nations lack the emergency coordination structures needed to respond to any disease or health concern as it materializes.
In order for all nations to be better prepared for disease outbreaks, according to President HICHILEMA, who is also the Champion for Cholera Control, there is a need for them to develop strategies.
At the AU Midyear coordination conference in Lusaka, the Head of State made this statement during a High Level side event of the Africa CDC aimed at strengthening Public Health Emergency Operations Centers in Africa.
The mobilization of domestic resources, such as people resources, technology, and funding to Africa CDC should be prioritized by Africa, according to MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT, chair of the African Union Commission, so that Africa can respond more quickly to any upcoming diseases.
Additionally, AU member states should identify specific activities toward building public health emergency operations centers in Africa, according to Africa CDC Acting Director AHMED OUMA.
According to Dr. OUMA, the continent has learned from prior disease outbreaks that have occurred there, and a public health emergency operations center needs to be established in order to solve the inefficiencies in disease monitoring.
Since then, he has urged African nations to mobilize support for developing adequate legal authorities for the operationalization of the public health emergency operations center so that they can manage incidents.
