The researcher and head of the Department of Health Surveys and Surveillance, at the National Institute of Health, José Paulo Langa, is among the group of experts recognized by the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (Global Cholera Control Task Force) – GTFCC. Inclusion on the list comes in recognition of its participation in the preparation of the “Public health surveillance guide for cholera 2024”. The aforementioned document establishes the minimum recommendations for countries to implement measures adaptive and appropriate approaches to cholera surveillance, aiming to generate reliable and timely evidence, necessary to support early detection and response to outbreaks of the disease and to guide the development of specific multisectoral strategies for its control and elimination. monitoring progress towards the goals established in the global roadmap for 2030: Ending Cholera. The list of those recognized brings together experts from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Johns University Hopkins, Kenya, Togo, among others.GTFCC is a group that brings together partners, governmental and non-governmental entities, universities and countries, with the main objective of producing guidelines and guides that guide the various stakeholders in the control and elimination of cholera.José Paulo Langa, who also assumes the responsibility of National Incident Manager for Cholera Response at the Ministry of Health, is a specialist in the field of enteric diseases and has stood out in research into these diseases, with emphasis on cholera, in Mozambique. (RM)Source:Rádio Moçambique Online

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