The Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco to the AU and UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi, who spoke at the 1st meeting of the COREP, under the presidency of Senegal, noted that strengthening health infrastructure in Africa is able to cope with the devastating socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and future health challenges.
During this session, which is being held by videoconference, the Moroccan diplomat noted that the strengthening of these infrastructures must be done through an intergovernmental process involving the national departments concerned.
Mr. Arrouchi argued that quality health infrastructure is essential to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the pandemic which has reached an unprecedented scale.
On this occasion, he invited the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to draw up an “executive summary” on the state of health infrastructure in Africa in order to enable technical departments in the capitals to monitor the epidemiological state in Africa.
Commending Morocco’s efforts to curb the pandemic on a continental scale, Africa CDC Director John Nkengasong welcomed the Moroccan proposal, stressing the crucial role of African health infrastructure in combating the current pandemic and other health challenges threatening the continent.
As of April 11, the African continent has recorded a total of 11,363,738 cumulative cases of COVID-19, 251,5517 deaths and 10,725,904 recoveries, according to the Africa CDC, which falls under the AU.
South Africa leads the most affected countries with a total of 3,731,247 cases since the appearance of COVID-19, underlines in particular the Africa CDC.
In terms of the number of cases, Southern Africa is the most affected region, followed by North Africa, East Africa and Central Africa, it is recalled.
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