Guidance on Infection Prevention among Contact Tracers in Africa

CONTEXT

The Africa Union Commission and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a new initiative, the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT): Trace, Test and Track (CDC-T3). Under this initiative, Africa CDC will coordinate efforts to scale-up contact tracing by more than one million contact tracers. It is therefore critical that these contact tracers are adequately trained and equipped to avoid being infected.