Communique by the Emergency Meeting of African Ministers of Health on the Coronavirus Disease Outbreak

Recalling the Heads of State and Government’s Declaration in July 2013 at the African Union Special Summit on HIV, TB and Malaria in Abuja, Nigeria, in which African leaders recognized the need for an Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to conduct life-saving research on priority health problems and to serve as a platform to share knowledge and build capacity in responding to public health emergencies and threats in Africa.