Communiqué from Africa CDC on the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Extra Ordinary Virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government on the Cholera situation in the region
Summary On 20 January 2024, Africa CDC sensitised Heads of State and Government from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) regarding the increase of cholera-related cases and deaths in the region. Heads of State and Government then decided to organise an extraordinary summit hosted by the SADC Secretariat and led by President Lourenco from Angola […]
Communiqué de la Réunion Ministérielle de Haut Niveau sur la Sécurité Sanitaire en Afrique Centrale
Nous, ministres de la Santé des États membres de l’Union africaine de la région de l’Afrique centrale, réunis le 27 octobre 2023 à Oyala, en Guinée équatoriale;NOTANT AVEC PRÉOCCUPATION l’augmentation du nombre d’événements de santé publique et d’épidémies récurrentes sur le continent et leur énorme impact socio-économique;CONSCIENTS du lourd fardeau que représentent les épidémies et […]
Inaugural Ministerial Working Group Meeting at the First Manufacturers Marketplace for African Union Member States on the proposed Legal Instrument for the adoption of the African Union Pooled Procurement Mechanism
The African Union Vaccine Manufacturing member states ministers of health and their representatives Gathered for the first manufacturers’ marketplace meeting and inaugural ministerial working group in Marrakech, Morocco, from 29 September 2023 to 1 October 2023. The meeting was represented by eleven (11) of the thirteen (13) vaccine manufacturing Member States: Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, […]
Communique on SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 sub-variant
Date/Time 01 September 2023 Event SARS-CoV-2: Highly mutated BA.2.86 sub-variant Notification Communique From Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) To AU Member States What We Know● BA.2.86 is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 that has undergone multiple genetic changes compared to other variants.● SARS-CoV-2 subvariant BA.2.86 is a variant under monitoring (VUM) by […]
Joint Communique: High-Level Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Cholera Epidemics and Climate-Related Public Health Emergencies
COMMUNIQUE: “Reimagining Health Workforce Development for Africa’s Health Security”
A high-level side event in the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly 19th September 2022 – We, African Union Heads of State and Government, and Heads of Delegations participating at the Special Side Event, “Reimagining Health Workforce Development for Africa’s Health Security” in the margins of the 77th Session of the United Nations General […]
Communique on the Operationalization of the Lusaka Call-To-Action to Strengthen Public Health Emergency Operations Centres in African Union Member States
We, the Ministers of Health of the African Union Member States in the Southern Region, gathered on 10 September 2022 in Livingstone, Zambia;NOTING WITH CONCERN the increasing number of public health events and recurrent epidemics including the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent; and the enormous socio-economic impact;AWARE of the high burden of epidemics and other […]
Communique: West African High Level Vaccines Manufacturers Meeting
Recognizing: the decision of the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Governments held on the 7th of September 2020 in Niamey, Niger to constitute Regional Taskforce to conduct a feasibility study on the production of vaccines. Recognizing: the decision of the 58th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authorities of […]
Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing: Scaling up Rapid Antigen Self-testing
The African Union Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 endorsed by Africa Health Ministers and the Bureau of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union aims to implement well-coordinated actions and strong partnerships to strengthen the effectiveness of COVID-19 response across Africa. To continue to combat COVID-19 in 2022, the Africa CDC will focus […]
Communique on Progress Made on Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa – Kigali, Rwanda 06 07 December 2021
On 6th-7th December 2021, the African Union, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the AUDA-NEPAD, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) convened a stakeholder’s meeting in Kigali, Rwanda to review progress made in manufacturing vaccines in Africa. The objective of the meeting included: a) an update on progress made so […]