AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPublic Health & Travel Safety: WHO reported a new hantavirus case linked to the MV Hondius cruise outbreak, bringing the total to 12 suspected/confirmed cases and three deaths, with authorities urging countries to keep monitoring passengers and crew after Tenerife disembarkation and repatriation. Cabo Verde Port & Emergency Response: The Hondius outbreak also highlighted how limited local capacity affected disembarkation when the ship docked in Praia, Cabo Verde, before arrangements shifted to the Canary Islands and later evacuations. Maritime Cooperation: Obangame Express (OE26) wrapped up after a three-week West and Central Africa maritime readiness exercise, with Cabo Verde among participating countries focused on tackling illegal fishing, piracy, and trafficking in the Gulf of Guinea. Digital Identity (Cabo Verde): Cabo Verde boosted birth registration to 99% in five years by linking civil registration and national identity systems through an interoperability platform, and extended digital identity access to the diaspora. Climate-Health Link: A new European commission argues climate change should be treated as a public health emergency, citing impacts from heat, air pollution, vector-borne disease spread, and food insecurity.
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