Africa CDC Signs Pivotal Agreements to Advance Health Outcomes
On the sidelines of the World Health Assembly 2025 in Geneva (19-27 May), Africa CDC signed four crucial Memoranda of Understanding to enhance efforts in key areas. The event also included numerous bilateral discussions with various partners and collaborators.
Local Manufacturing at the Centre
First to be signed on 18 May 2025 was the MoU with Unitaid, to expand the production of essential health products in Africa and improve sustainable access to medicines, diagnostics, and medical oxygen across the
continent.
The second agreement was with Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) on 12 May 2025. It outlines joint efforts to build stronger National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs), expand translational research and disease surveillance through the One Health approach, boost local manufacturing of essential health products, and strengthen research, knowledge, management and policy translation.
📥 Read the full brief in your preferred language:
👉 English PDF – Africa CDC Weekly Brief | 19 – 25 May 2025
👉 Version française – Bulletin Hebdomadaire d’Africa CDC | 19 – 25 Mai 2025
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