Role of Community Health Workforce in Pandemic Preparedness and Response
PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS: A New Public Health Order in the 21st Century
Omicron and other COVID-19 variants of concern – where are we now? All viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 mutate over time naturally. Many of these changes do not have much impact on the virus’ properties. However, with time and due to various contributing factors, some changes may result in altered characteristics of the virus including its ability […]
Media Advisory: Invitation to Representatives of the Media
WHAT: Media briefing on emerging discussions at the first international Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021), the impact of COVID-19 in the continent, and the urgent call for a New Public Health Order in Africa. The media briefing will further highlight interventions needed to strengthen African health security and pandemic preparedness & response. […]
Africa PGI Webinar Series on Pathogen Genomic Surveillance in Africa
You are invited to the #Africa#PGI Webinar Series on Pathogen Genomic Surveillance in Africa.
World AIDS Day 2021: End Inequalities, End AIDS, End Pandemics
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) and the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) invite you to join world renowned HIV/AIDS scientists and infectious diseases experts for a special webinar to commemorate World AIDS Day 2021.
CPHIA 2021: Media Training OPPORTUMITY!
CPHIA 2021 pre-conference virtual workshop As part of the inaugural Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021), The Conversation Africa and Internews will conduct a two-hour pre-conference virtual workshop on 13 December 2021 led by experts in global health communications. The workshop is designed to develop capacity of journalists to translate and communicate science-related […]
PHEOCs Management: Joint Training and Certification Program
SujetInformation Systems for operationalizing the PHEOC Description1- Introduce the required data sources, processes and information products for each PHEOC Mode of Operation2- Provide an overview of objectives and requirements for an effective Information System for each Mode of Operations in the PHEOC.3- Conduct live demonstration of example systems such as the Electronic Public Health Emergency […]
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 […]
How can we Spread Awareness to Stop Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa?
Date: Sunday, 21 November 2021Time: 16:30 GMT | 17:30 WAT |18:30 CAT | 19:30 EATHashtag: #AfricaWAAWModerator: @hcsmAFRICA (Vanessa Carter) In celebration of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, join us for a 60-minute Twitter chat to share your views about how we can “Spread Awareness to Stop Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa”. All one health stakeholders including healthcare professionals, civil […]
Partnership for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) From Aspiration To Action
1- CONTEXT12-13 April 2021 African Vaccine Manufacturing SummitThe African Union Commission (AUC) and Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) hosted a two-day high-level Summit under the theme “Expanding Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing for Health Security: Building back better, bolder and bigger”. Amongst the continental leadership in attendance were:• H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson, African Union […]