{"id":39805,"date":"2019-08-07T15:28:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-and-drc-mount-joint-efforts-to-prevent\/"},"modified":"2019-08-12T12:18:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T12:18:38","slug":"rwanda-and-drc-mount-joint-efforts-to-prevent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-and-drc-mount-joint-efforts-to-prevent\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda and DRC mount joint efforts to prevent Ebola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cooperation was approved yesterday following discussions that brought together Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Health, Dr. Diane Gashumba and her Congolese counterpart, the Acting Minister of Health, Pierre Kangudia Mbayi in Rubavu district after observing the implementation of Ebola prevention measures at the border. <\/p>\n<p>The visit of Pierre Kangudia on the invitation of his Rwandan counterpart, Dr. Diane Gashumba aimed at strengthening both countries\u2019 willingness to prevent the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ministers of Health signed a joint Communiqu\u00e9 after a one-day meeting in which they expressed high-level political commitment to strengthen cross-border cooperation in matters of disease prevention in the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The joint cooperation program will go into effect after presenting it to the World Health Organization\u2019s regional office on 15th August 2019.   <\/p>\n<p>Minister Kangudia told the media that it is crucial for both countries to cooperate in curtailing the outbreak which has killed over 1500 people and recently reported in Goma town bordering with Rwanda.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outbreak neither has limitations nor seeks Visa. It can spread regardless of whatever efforts put in place. I am grateful to the Government of Rwanda for inviting us to draw joint strategies to prevent Ebola for regional interests. We shall help all regional countries where it might spread from DRC,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Health, Dr. Gashumba Diane said that prevention efforts need to be sustained through the outbreak has not yet spread to Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meet with DRC officials is a symbol of cooperation but it doesn\u2019t eliminate existing prevention efforts. We are going to strengthen strategies so that people crossing to DRC will go through a stern screening and avoid reaching Ebola-affected areas,\u201d she revealed. <\/p>\n<p>In a bid to contain Ebola, screening is being performed on all borders and airports and the country is equipped with an Emergency Treatment Center (ETC) built-in Rugerero Sector, Rubavu District to screen and treat Ebola in case of an outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Among others, simulation exercises took place in Gisenyi Hospital-Rubavu District, Rwanda Military Hospital-Kigali, Rugerero Health Centre-Rubavu, and Kamembe Airport-Rusizi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31276 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/yabanje_gukaraba_akigera_mu_rwanda_7_-af0f9.jpg\" alt=\"The joint cooperation program will go into effect after presenting it to the World Health Organization\u2019s regional office on 15th August 2019.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31277 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/yabanje_gukaraba_akigera_mu_rwanda_2_-49a60.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31278 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_5635-5-fecee.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31279 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dsc_0851-9-65f56.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31280 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mayora_wa_rubavu_habyarimana_gilbert-930da.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31281 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/polisi_ya_congo-ca07d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31282 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ministre_dr_gashumba_diane_na_pierre_kangudia_buashyira_umukono_ku_masezerano_4_-8fb35.jpg\" alt=\"The cooperation was approved by Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Health, Dr Diane Gashumba and her Congolese counterpart, the Acting Minister of Health, Pierre Kangudia Mbayi in Rubavu \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31283 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_5722-4-241f3.jpg\" alt=\"Minister Kangudia told the media that it is crucial for both countries to cooperate in curtailing the outbreak which has killed over 1500 people\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31284 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_5724-2-22a27.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31285 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_5727-6-9ec1e.jpg\" alt=\"Both Ministers of Health signed a joint Communiqu\u00e9 after a one day meeting \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have summoned joint efforts to prevent Ebola spread in both countries through sharing prevention measures and expertize to contain the virus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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