JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF CROSS BORDER MEETING OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE AND ZIMBABWE

In this context, the Cross border Meeting of Ministers of Health of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, in the Province of Tete, Republic of Mozambique, was held from 04 to 05 May 2017.

The objectives of Meeting

The Cross Border Meeting had the following goals:

•  design and implement a comprehensive and coordinated response to stop cholera and malaria transmission in the region;
• improve the management of public health emergencies with a focus on cholera and malaria in the cross-border context of the three countries;
• Review the epidemiological situation in border districts;
• Outline joint actions (community mobilization and awareness campaigns and health education) in border areas;
• Discuss modalities for strengthening the health control system at joint borders
• Develop recommendations to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and response to endemic priority diseases in border areas.