With an increase in cholera cases in some SADC countries, the Directorate of Health in the Otjozondjupa Region has launched an awareness campaign to educate communities about the disease. The campaign targets schools, rural areas, and peri-urban areas identified as at-risk communities. An environmental health practitioner in the Otjiwarongo District, Olivia Mbambi, said during a...
Niël Terblanché As the cholera crisis intensifies across the African continent, claiming over 4,419 lives and affecting more than 266,000 individuals in the past year, Namibia remains on high alert. The Ministry of Health and Social Service recently confirmed that it is bolstering its disease surveillance and precautionary measures, responding proactively to the outbreak ravaging...
SADC Heads of State and Government say the outbreak of cholera in the region represents a serious threat to sustainable development and the well-being of the people. There is, therefore, a need for coordinated efforts from member states. The regional leaders convened a virtual extraordinary summit to discuss the cholera outbreak in some member states....
Leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) came together virtually on Friday, in an Extraordinary Summit chaired by Angola to address the urgent cholera outbreak affecting the region. The Summit saw a collective effort from SADC member states, including Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kingdom of Eswatini, United Republic of Tanzania, Botswana, South...
SAOG vergader weer oor cholera Die Raad van Ministers van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap het in Lilongwe, Malawi, vergader om aandag te skenk aan die dringende behoefte aan maatreëls om cholera-uitbrekings in lidlande te voorkom en te beheer. Die uitvoerende sekretaris van die SAOG, Elias Magosi, sê die besprekings het die noodsaaklikheid van ‘n omvattende reaksie...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced a virtual Extraordinary Summit on 2 February, to tackle the cholera situation affecting the region. The summit, chaired by His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of Angola, will address reports on cholera outbreaks, evaluate the preparedness of SADC Member States, and discuss responses to recent incidents....
Niël Terblanché In urgent response to the escalating cholera outbreak across Southern Africa, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary virtual council meeting. Health ministers from member states, including Angola’s Foreign Minister, Ambassador Tete Antonio, convened to discuss a coordinated regional approach to combat the spread of the disease. Ambassador Antonio emphasized the...
Cholera onder die loep tydens beraad ‘n Virtuele beraad rakende die cholera uitbreking in die suidelike en oostelike dele van Afrika is gehou. Die kwessie is ‘n reuse-uitdaging en teen 15 Januarie, was daar meer as 200 000 gevalle en 3 000 sterftes. Die Angolese minister van buitelandse betrekkings Tete Antonio sê die uitbreking is...