Statement on Antigen Rapid Tests for Mpox Diagnosis, 30 October 2024
No Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) has demonstrated the minimum requirement for mpox testing. On 13 August 2024, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). This was followed the next day by the World Health Organization (WHO), which extended the […]
Strengthening Cross-Border Surveillance and Information Sharing in Africa
Executive Summary The African Union Member States (AU MS) face significant health threats, particularly infectious diseases, due to its overstretched public health systems and infrastructure. Despite Its remarkable improvements and growth in health sector service delivery in recent times, the African continent remains under-resourced. At the same time, the continent bears over 24% of the […]
Guidelines for Enhanced Surveillance of Sudan Virus Disease
Introduction Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) is one of the six species of the genus Ebolavirus. Sudan virus disease (SVD) outbreaks in Africa are highly lethal with case fatality rates ranging from 53% to 100%. Prior to the 2014-16 West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak, the largest ebolavirus outbreak was caused by SUDV, in the Gulu district […]