EAC Steps Up Regional Infectious Disease Outbreak Preparedness, Calls for More Support

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 23rd September, 2026: As the region continues to grapple with recurring outbreaks of highly infectious diseases such as Ebola, the East African Community (EAC) is stepping up efforts to ensure every Partner State has frontline health workers equipped with the capacity to detect, contain and clinically manage high-consequence infectious diseases such as Ebola. As part of these efforts, the EAC, with support from the Government of Germany, has 120 doctors, nurses and other frontline health professionals from all eight EAC Partner States undergoing specialised training this week in Nairobi, Kenya, to strengthen their preparedness and response to high-consequence infectious disease outbreaks.