Personal Protective Equipment for Different Clinical Settings and Activities
Background: This document provides guidance to African Union Member States based on specific requests from Member States for a checklist/guidance for the required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers and caregivers. This guidance document has been tailored based on currently available evidence (1–6), with consideration to the African context, as such can be adapted […]
Safe Vaccination Administration in the Context of COVID-19 in Africa
Context Immunizations are an essential health service that protect susceptible individuals from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD).1 While committing to sustaining immunization systems, countries should use approaches that respect the principle of do-no-harm and prevent transmission of COVID-19, while providing immunization services. Immunization visits can be used as opportunities to disseminate public health messages that encourage behaviours […]
Home Management, Critical Care and Discharge Criteria for COVID-19 Patients
Overview The continued increase in reported cases of COVID-19 on the African continent threatens to overwhelm our already weak health infrastructure. Therefore, it is important for Member States to take serious and urgent measures towards case management to significantly reduce COVID-19 deaths. In view of the infrastructural and resource gaps, technology should be considered for […]
Outbreak Brief 52: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (5 January 2021), 5,208,671 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 90,820 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 89,072,400 COVID-19 cases and 1,931,220 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.2%) have been reported from 221 countries and territories. The distribution of cumulative cases […]
Outbreak Brief 51: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (29 December 2020), 4,170,052 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 78,334 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 83,863,729 COVID-19 cases and 1,840,400 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.2%) have been reported from 221 countries and territories. The distribution of cumulative cases […]
PERC: Biweekly Report (22 December – 04 January 2021)
Reporting period: 22 December 2020–4 January 2021 Biweekly Report: As Africa’s second wave of COVID-19 cases surpasses the height of its first, African Union (AU) Member States across the continent have reinstated measures to control the spread of the virus. Unlike in April and May, most AU Member States have avoided complete lockdowns, and PHSMs […]
Outbreak Brief 50: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (22 December 2020), 3,969,993 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 71,288 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 79,693,677 COVID-19 cases and 1,762,066 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.2%) have been reported from 221 countries and territories. The distribution of cumulative cases […]
COVID-19 Update: Keeping safe and healthy through the holidays
With the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic affecting Africa, now more than ever, it is important that we all adhere to following public health and social measures to protect our health and the health of our friends, family, and love ones this holiday season. The likelihood that someone at a family gathering will be carrying […]
Outbreak Brief 49: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (15 December 2020), 4,660,959 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 81,815 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 75,723,684 COVID-19 cases and 1,690,778 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.2%) have been reported from 221 countries and territories. The distribution of cumulative cases […]
Alert Notification: New SARS-CoV-2 variant with multiple spike protein mutations
Date/Time: 21 December 2020 Incident/Event title/Name: New SARS-CoV-2 variant with multiple spike protein mutations Notification*: […]