Wednesday, 28 October 2026 Verified first-party sources
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The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Ambassador Stephen P. Mbundi, held high-level engagements with Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Hon. Reem Alabali-Radovan, and the Head of the Africa Department at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Mr. Philipp Knill in Berlin, Germany.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged Shs125 billion to the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation (SACCO) to enable health workers to access affordable credit, upgrade their professional skills and create employment opportunities.
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.