Ground Crossings and Ground Transportation

An upcoming live webinar titled “Border health measures to reduce the potential for the introduction or exportation, and spread of public health diseases of international concern” is organized within the framework of EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS joint action. Please find below the announcement. Register for the webinar and benefit from this sharing opportunity!

Webinar Series: Preparedness at Points Of Entry

Upcoming Webinar:

Dear colleagues,

A highly Ebola suspected case, pending lab confirmation, has been detected yesterday in Hoima district in Uganda. Hoima district shares border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo across Lake Albert. Hoima is located approximately 230 kilometres, by road, northwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.

If the case is confirmed, it would ring alarm bells regarding the spread of the disease to a neighbouring country marking,thereby, the shift of the outbreak from one stage to a higher one. Here is the link:

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings from Cairo where I am currently based for the next 2 months.

I have only just discovered this resource which may be of interest to members, whereby you can access a range of training covering a range of different health conditions under key headings such as Outbreaks, Preparing for Pandemics, Ready for Response and Get Social.

Access to the courses can be found at https://openwho.org/ where you can register to set up an account.

Best Wishes,

Dear colleagues,

Congo's Health Ministry said there is one new death from Ebola, bringing to 26 the number of deaths from the deadly outbreak in Equateur province in the country's northwest. In a statement, the Health Ministry said 4 new cases have been confirmed as Ebola.

A total of 46 cases of hemorrhagic fever have been reported in the region, including 21 confirmed cases of Ebola, 21 probable and 4 suspect.

Dear colleagues,

Following the current Ebola outbreak in the DRC, Nigeria and Kenya have started to screen travelers at points of entry. Here is the link:

http://www.africanews.com/2018/05/10/nigeria-kenya-screen-travellers-at-...

To date, the case count has risen to 41 cases including 2 confirmed, 22 probable and 17 suspect.

Dr Mohamed Moussif

Chief Medical Officer

Casablanca International Airport

Morocco

Dear colleagues,

A new Ebola outbreak has sparked on 8 May 2018 in Bikoro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the land border with the Republic of the Congo.

The national health authorities, WHO, Médecins Sans Frontières and other partners are on site, working hand in hand, to control and to stop the spread of the disease. Hereinafter the link:

http://www.who.int/news-room/detail/08-05-2018-new-ebola-outbreak-declar...

On behalf of my colleagues and friends, and in the wake of the last PAGNET meeting in Ningbo, China, allow me to express my heartfelt thanks to our host, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ) for the hospitality and for the high level of organization and professionalism demonstrated during the back-to-back two meetings.