Operational Rollout of Ebola Preparedness in Lusaka for High-Volume Zambia-DRC Crossings

TLDR

• The East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) has launched a six-month cross-border emergency intervention at 33 priority points of entry along the DRC border to prevent the spread of Ebola disease.
• The initiative targets high-risk transit countries including Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, Malawi, and Mozambique along 16 major trade and migration corridors.
• ECSA-HC is equipping frontline border health teams with digital surveillance systems, safe isolation protocols, rapid laboratory transport networks, and cross-border notification systems through the World Bank-funded.
• As of now, the DRC outbreak has recorded 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 47 percent, making it the second-largest and fastest-growing Ebola outbreak recorded.
• The operational rollout began in Lusaka, focusing on aligning cross-border protocols for critical corridors, particularly the high-volume Zambia-DRC crossings at Kasumbalesa and Sakania.