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Africa CDC governing board chairperson Sylvia Masebo has disclosed that the SADC ministers of health are of the view that individual countries must decide whether to declare the cholera outbreak a health emergency or not
Southern African Development Community (SADC) ministers of health have rejected the submission by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to declare the cholera outbreak a public health emergency in the region.
Africa CDC governing board chairperson Sylvia Masebo has disclosed that the SADC ministers of health are of the view that individual countries must decide whether to declare the cholera outbreak a health emergency or not.
Chairing the extraordinary session of the governing board in Addis Ababa, Ms Masebo, who is Zambia’s minister of Health, stated that the cholera outbreak has affected almost 15 countries in SADC and East Africa. She encouraged countries to develop proactive interventions to prevent future occurrences.
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