Uganda urges AU to consider Ebola response force

Health · First reported 30 Oct, 13:23 · Updated 13:30

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Uganda has asked the African Union to consider deploying its standby force to help address the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its spread to other countries. Health officials agreed to strengthen cross-border surveillance and information-sharing while keeping borders open.

Uganda called on the African Union to consider sending its standby peacekeeping and humanitarian force to support the Ebola response.
The report says the outbreak had infected more than 10,000 people in DR Congo and spread to Kenya and Nigeria; the death toll is described as nearly 5,000 in one report and more than 5,000 in another.
Officials agreed to improve cross-border surveillance and information-sharing while keeping borders open.

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Proposal: Uganda asked the AU to consider deploying its standby peacekeeping and humanitarian force. (a0016011-8d29-485e-a934-797dc2877dd2)
Meeting: Health officials from 45 African countries met to coordinate a continent-wide response. (a0016011-8d29-485e-a934-797dc2877dd2)
Reported spread: The report says cases were in DR Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria. (a0016011-8d29-485e-a934-797dc2877dd2)
Death toll: Semafor says nearly 5,000; the Reuters headline says more than 5,000. (a0016011-8d29-485e-a934-797dc2877dd2; 3c20cfdc-7a21-4441-8104-fd593ff56e20)