NAIROBI, KENYA, 28 JANUARY 2021—The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation to help expand the
Topic: Why case investigation and contact tracing is important in the management of COVID-19 epidemic Description: Surveillance webinar on Fundamentals of case investigation and contact
Contact tracing may help limit COVID-19 transmission when the first cases are identified within a country but can be very resource intensive.It is likely not
This protocol provides guidance on the procedures to follow for contact tracing if an African Union staff is confirmed positive to COVID-19 within the African
Sierra Leone is the latest addition to the Incident Management Support Team (IMST) list of the most mpox-hit nations. Skyrocketing cases are triggering concern across
On April 26, 2025, Uganda’s Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, announced the end of Uganda’s eighth Ebola outbreak. The declaration came 42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27 April 2025—The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) commends the Republic of Uganda for officially declaring the end
A panel of public health experts will convene in May 2025 to evaluate whether mpox should continue to be classified as a public health emergency
Burundi has revised and approved its Mpox Response Plan and Marburg-Ebola Preparedness Plan, signaling a high-level commitment to strengthening outbreak response efforts in the country.
In 2014, as the Ebola outbreak swept through Sierra Leone, fear spread even faster than the virus itself. One dangerous rumor claimed that bathing in
