Africa CDC Calls for Urgent Global Support As Nigeria Confirms Ebola Case
Jean Kaseya said delays could cost lives as Africa CDC seeks immediate financing, supplies and trained responders to contain the outbreak.
- On Tuesday, The Africa CDC called for urgent international support after Nigeria confirmed an Ebola Bundibugyo case, with Director-General Jean Kaseya emphasizing the need for immediate, flexible financing.
- Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Prof. Muhammad Pate informed Kaseya of the confirmed case; the outbreak is now the most geographically widespread in African history across three regions.
- In the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the case fatality rate is approaching 50 per cent, prompting Kaseya to urge partners to provide medical supplies, diagnostics, and trained emergency responders.
- "My appeal to the international community is urgent: ACT NOW," Kaseya said, stressing that Africa's health security is inseparable from global security and every day of delay costs lives.
- The Africa CDC continues to intensify response efforts in the DRC and Kenya while maintaining vigilance in Uganda, as Kaseya affirmed solidarity with Nigeria, declaring that stopping Ebola in Africa protects the world.
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Tension is rising in disease control systems across the African continent as the Ebola virus, which originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo, spreads through Kenya to Nigeria. More than 4,600 deaths have occurred in the Congo due to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no cure, and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is appealing for international assistance to prevent further spread.
Nigeria Ebola Case Widens Record Outbreak Across Africa
Nigeria’s first Ebola infection in more than a decade is widening an outbreak that already spread to several African countries, prompting the continent’s top public-health agency to call for urgent international assistance.
"This has already become the most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak in history, affecting several countries in three regions of Africa," said John Kaseya, director general of the African Union's public health agency.
Nigeria's First Ebola Case in a Decade Spurs Appeal for Help
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