EAC Health Ministers Step Up Regional Action to Strengthen Health Security
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 8th October, 2026 — The East African Community (EAC) is strengthening coordinated regional action to prevent, detect and rapidly respond to public health threats that cross national borders, as Partner States step up preparedness and response to Ebola and other emerging and re-emerging health threats.
The 26th Ordinary Meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health, which concluded on 6th October 2026 in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, advanced a number of regional mechanisms to strengthen health security, including the EAC Health Decisions and Directives Tracking Mechanism, the EAC Pooled Procurement Mechanism and the EAC Regional Information Sharing Platform for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence.
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