Zambia has resolved to sponsor a resolution on Cholera at
the forthcoming World Health Assembly in Geneva.
The
resolution has been crafted to draw Global attention to the
elimination of cholera and to stop people from dying from
the disease.
Minister of Health, Chitalu Chilufya disclosed this during an
African Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Board meeting in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Dr. Chilufya said it is unacceptable
that a preventable and treatable disease such as Cholera
had continued to claim millions of lives worldwide.
He also
said Zambia was on the verge of containing the cholera
outbreak.
Dr. Chilufya also urged AU member States to invest in
National Public Health Institutes in order to increase disease
surveillance and intelligence.
He further called for
sustainable financing for National Public Health Institutes
and Centres for Disease Control-CDCs.
The Minister also
called for stronger health systems.
This is according to a statement released to by
First Secretary Press and Tourism at Zambian Embassy in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Inutu Mwanza.
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