Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: A productive discussion with President Samia Suluhu
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), shared a post on LinkedIn:
“I am in Tanzania and had a productive discussion with President Samia Suluhu covering a wide range of areas concerning her government’s work to strengthen its health system; the enactment of the Universal Health Insurance Act 2023; launch of the Community Health Workers Program in 2023 and investments made in emergency preparedness.
We also discussed the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in the northwestern Kagera region, during which she told me they had confirmed one case of the disease. Following our meeting the President made the announcement in the press conference.
The government is scaling up its response by enhancing case detection, establishing treatment centers, setting up a mobile laboratory for testing samples, and deploying national response teams.
Tanzania has gained experience in controlling Marburg previously, as this is the second reported outbreak of the disease in Kagera. The first outbreak was in March 2023. I hope this experience will help Tanzania to bring the current outbreak under control quickly.
I pledged World Health Organization‘s continued support for the response, and I released US$3 million from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies. We thank our partners for their support.
I thanked the President for her leadership and commitment to health.”
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