Today  i had  the  opportunity  to  meet the  newly  appointed  Deputy  High  commissioner  of  Tanzania in  London Balozi  Msafiri  Marwa in  his  office   at  the  Tanzania  mission  in  central  London
Further  detiails  of  the  interview  to  follow

Press Release N^º 271/ 2014

AU DEPLOYS MORE AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS TO EBOLA AFFECTED COUNTRIES UNDER THE AFRICAN UNION SUPPORT MISSION TO EBOLA IN WEST AFRICA (ASEOWA)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 13 October 2014- After the first deployment of 19 personnel under the African Union Support mission to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa in September, 21 more African paid volunteers have now been deployed to Sierra Leone while an additional 10 have been deployed to Liberia

The volunteers were deployed after undergoing their pre deployment briefing at the AU in Addis Ababa on the 10^th and 11^th of October.

The teams comprise epidemiologists, medical doctors, clinicians, public health specialists and communications personnel.

Meanwhile, the ASEOWA team that was deployed to Monrovia on 19^th September is currently undergoing specialised training to be able to man the Ebola treatment units in Liberia.

ASEOWA is expected to enhance the capacity of existing national and international response mechanisms through mobilisation of technical expertise, resources, and political and financial support. It will complement the efforts of on-going humanitarian assistance and coordinate support provided to the affected member states to augment field response operations. It will also support public awareness and preventive measures across Africa and specifically in the affected region. WZM/