Africa-Press – Angola. The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold this Monday, via video conference, an extraordinary session to address the cholera outbreak in some member states of the organization.
The meeting, to be led by the Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, as acting president of the community’s Council of Ministers, will discuss, among other issues, the steps to be taken to eliminate the disease in the southern region of Africa.
Since January 2023, a cholera outbreak has affected the SADC region, with cases recorded, until last Sunday, in five countries, namely Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infectious bacterial disease, transmitted by direct fecal-oral contamination or by ingestion of contaminated water or food, with diarrhea and dehydration as its main symptoms, which can lead to death.
According to a press release, this Monday, the SADC Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs are meeting to discuss the modalities through which Member States will coordinate efforts with a view to prevent and control the spread of cholera throughout the region.
Angola is at level two of maximum epidemic prevention alert, due to the emergence of cholera cases in border countries such as Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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