African Union seeks to deal with Ebola

African Union (AU) leaders on September 8 held an emergency meeting in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to come up with a far-reaching strategy to deal with Ebola , which has robbed it. The lives of more than 2,000 people in West African countries.

Health workers in protective clothing work in highly infectious areas at Elwa hospital in Monrovia, Liberia on September 7.(Source: AFP / VNA)

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, the Chairman of the AU Committee, Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said that the fight against Ebola must be done in a way that does not lead to isolation or discrimination against patients, communities or people. water has infected people.

Ms. Dlamini-Zuma affirms the urgency of proposing a comprehensive, comprehensive and unified response to the spread of the disease.

Accordingly, countries should ensure that Ebola virus is not spread to other countries by implementing effective measures such as preventing, isolating and treating infected people, protecting uninfected people.

In addition, countries must be vigilant to avoid measures that could adversely affect economic and social activities, such as restricting border trade that are driving food prices to rise.

Besides, President Dlamini-Zuma also said that the Ebola crisis showed the weakness of the public health system, the lack of serious and tragic medical staff many infected people when taking care of diseases multiply.

As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of deaths from Ebola virus since the beginning of the year has reached 2,097 people, out of 3,944 cases, mainly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

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