Africa CDC, WHO launch Sh67 billion Ebola preparedness plan

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have today launched a joint continental plan seeking to raise KSh 67 billion to support African countries’ preparedness and response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus. WHO has further issued an advisory against blanket travel bans and reactive border closures in containing the current outbreak, an advisory that comes at a time when Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that the caseload has risen to 16. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has confirmed that Kenya has intensified surveillance at all points of entry as the country bolsters its level of preparedness.