Certified African Regional professionals: Level 1 Biorisk Management
Introduction The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and international requirements for biosafety and biosecurity including the […]
Certified African Regional professionals: Level 1 Biological Waste Management
Introduction The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and international requirements for biosafety and biosecurity including the […]
Le Cadre Juridique de la Biosécurité et de la Biosûreté pour les Etats Membres de l’Union Africaine
RÉSUMÉ L’évaluation externe conjointe de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) menée entre 2016 et 2019, l’Indice de sécurité sanitaire mondiale (GHSI) et les consultations régionales coordonnées par les Centres africains de contrôle et de prévention des maladies (CDC Afrique), une institution technique spécialisée de l’Union africaine (UA), ont mis en évidence des lacunes des […]
African Union List of Certified Assessors for the Regulatory and Certification Framework for Institutions Handling High Risk Pathogens
The Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) launched the Biosafety and Security Initiative in April 2019 to strengthen the biosecurity and biosafety systems of African Union Member States to enable them to comply with international standards for Biosafety and Biosecurity. Recent events of public health concern and emergency of infectious diseases including the Ebola […]
The regulatory and certification framework for institutions handling high risk pathogens in the Africa Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) Joint External Evaluation (JEE) technical assessments conducted between 2016-2019 and the Global Health Security Index (GHSI) of 2021 highlighted Africa Union (AU) Member States limited capacities in Biosafety and Biosecurity. In the GHSI report none of the participating AU Member states scored above 50% in Biosecurity and only 2 with […]
The Regional Training And Certification Program For Biosafety And Biosecurity Professionals
