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Africa CDC at the World Vaccine Congress, Europe

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a bronze sponsor of the World Vaccine Congress Europe and will be actively participating under the overarching theme “Vaccines for a Healthy Future from 16- 19 October 2023 at Fira de Barcelona Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain.  Africa CDC and will contribute to high-level discussions on topical issues as follows: Africa CDC will also be exhibiting […]

Special Press Briefing on the launch of Africa CDC Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme (MELP)

MEDIA ADVISORY Special Press Briefing on the launch of Africa CDC Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme (MELP) INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA OVERVIEW: On the margins of the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, Africa CDC will convene a high-level Ministerial Forum and perform the official launch of the Africa CDC Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme, […]

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) Campaign for Africa

Global theme: ‘Preventing antimicrobial resistance together’ BackgroundAntimicrobial agents1, including antibiotics, have saved millions of lives by substantially reducing the burden of diseases in people, animals, and plants and hence improving quality of life, contributing to better food security and safety, and aiding to increased life expectancy.However, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in […]

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), 18-24 November 2021

Theme: “AMR Governance: Preventing AMR Is Our Shared Responsibility” The African Union Task Force on AMR,  African regional tripartite members (FAO, OIE, WHO) and UNEP, are organizing the 3rd continental joint WAAW Africa campaign under the theme for the regional WAAW 2021 is “AMR Governance- Preventing AMR Is Our Shared Responsibility” The theme for the […]

Africa CDC Inaugural One Health Conference

Increasing globalization, urban density, ease of travel, animal movement, environmental changes and habitat overlap between humans and animals, all provide opportunities for the emergence and spread of diseases that adversely impact both human and animal health, prosperity, and food security. COVID-19 and Ebola virus disease are two recent examples of how these various factors have […]