Southern Africa Calls for Emergency Fund

The Southern African Development Community Council of Ministers is calling for the establishment of a regional fund to assist member states in emergency situations, especially in the face of the Ebola outbreak.

  • Southern Africa:   SADC Ministers Call for Emergency Fund

    Times of Zambia, 19 August 2014

    THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers has called for the establishment of a regional fund to assist member States in emergency situations,… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt Unveils Plan to Combat Ebola

    The Herald, 19 August 2014

    Government plans to put surveillance measures against the deadly Ebola disease at border posts following repeated suspected cases in neighbouring South Africa. Read more »

  • South Africa:   Suspected Ebola Patient Tests Negative

    SAnews.gov.za, 18 August 2014

    The Ministry of Health and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) say the male patient admitted to the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg, has tested… Read more »

  • South Africa:   SA Man Tests Negative for Ebola

    SAPA, 18 August 2014

    A South African man admitted to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital for suspected Ebola tested negative, the health ministry said on Monday. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Ebola Fears Cloud Jehovah's Witnesses Meeting in Zimbabwe

    VOA, 14 August 2014

    Zimbabwe's government is in a quandary as the country prepares to host a three-day Jehovah's Witnesses conference with 50,000 people from around the world expected to attend. Some… Read more »

  • Zambia:   Ebola Alert Boosted

    Times of Zambia, 13 August 2014

    THE Government has embarked on a nation-wide Ebola preparedness and awareness campaigns, Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) national coordinator, Patrick Kangwa has… Read more »

  • Namibia:   Brazilians Cancel Namibia Trip Over Ebola Fears

    New Era, 11 August 2014

    The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) is worried that the presence of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa might affect commercial activities between Namibia and… Read more »

  • Southern Africa:   SADC Calls for Urgent Ebola Measures

    SAnews.gov.za, 7 August 2014

    Health Ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have urged member states to accelerate the response in the event of an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in… Read more »

  • Southern Africa:   SADC Health Ministers to Discuss Ebola

    SAnews.gov.za, 6 August 2014

    Health Ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will today hold an extraordinary meeting to deliberate on the state of readiness and develop a common… Read more »

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