PETITION: Africa Is Not a Testing Ground — Reject Foreign Ebola Centres Now

To: All African Governments, the African Union, Public Health Authorities, and Civil Society Leaders

From: Concerned African Citizens, Communities, and Allies

Our Message Is Clear

We, the people of Africa, refuse to accept any proposal to establish Ebola treatment centres in Kenya or any other African country for the purpose of treating patients from outside the continent.

Africa is not a laboratory. Africa is not a risk zone for others. Africa is not a dumping ground.

Why We Are Taking a Stand

🔴 We Will Not Accept Added Risk

Ebola is one of the world’s most dangerous infectious diseases. Transporting and treating foreign Ebola patients on African soil:

 

Exposes local populations to unnecessary danger

Increases the risk of outbreaks

Places entire communities at risk for decisions they did not consent to

 

We will not allow additional threats to be imported into our countries under any justification.

 

🔴 Our Health Systems Must Serve Our People First

Many African nations continue to work hard to strengthen healthcare systems that are already under pressure.

Diverting resources for foreign patients means:

 

Fewer resources for African patients

Increased strain on healthcare workers

Delayed investment in local health priorities

 

Our hospitals, our doctors, and our resources must serve Africans first.

 

🔴 We Reject Health Inequality and Double Standards

We ask a simple question:

Why should African countries carry risks that wealthier nations can manage within their own borders?

Global health must be based on fairness—not convenience.

No country should relocate danger simply because it has more power or influence.

 

🔴 This Is About Sovereignty and Dignity

This issue goes beyond healthcare—it is about respect.

African nations have the right to:

 

Decide what risks are acceptable

Protect their citizens first

Refuse external pressure that compromises national safety

 

We will not trade our safety for international approval or political convenience.

 

Our Demands

✊ To African Governments:

Reject immediately and publicly any agreements to host Ebola treatment centres for foreign patients.

✊ To the African Union:

Take a unified continental position: Africa will not absorb disproportionate global health risks.

✊ To International Governments and Organisations:

Take responsibility for managing your own public health risks and invest in your own containment systems rather than relocating them.

 

Our Collective Position

We believe in global cooperation—but cooperation must be equal, ethical, and safe.

We support:

✅ Strengthening Africa’s healthcare systems for African people

✅ Fair and balanced global health partnerships

✅ Prevention and containment strategies that reduce—not redistribute—risk

We reject:

❌ Policies that expose Africans to avoidable danger

❌ Decisions made without public consultation

❌ Any action that treats Africa as expendable

 

Call to Action

We call on all Africans—citizens, professionals, activists, community leaders, and organisations—to unite and speak out:

 

Sign this petition

Share this message

Engage your leaders

Demand transparency and accountability

 

Silence is acceptance. We choose to speak.

 

Conclusion

Africa deserves safety. Africa deserves respect. Africa deserves equal partnership—not unequal burden.

We will not accept this proposal. Not in Kenya. Not anywhere in Africa.