Communique of the Ministerial Consultations on Local Manufacturing of Health Products
WE, the Ministers of Health of the African Union Member States, meeting at the Africa CDC Ministerial Consultations on Local Manufacturing on 20th May 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly; REAFFIRM the commitments we made in 2024 to purchase locally made vaccines to build a sustainable African industry […]
Communiqué: The 2nd Vaccines and other Health Products Manufacturing Forum for African Union Member States
PREAMBLE: The Ministers of Health and representatives of African Union Member States gathered for the 2nd Vaccines and other Health Products Manufacturing Forum in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt from 4-6 February 2025. The Manufacturing Forum was attended by 12 Member States: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, and […]
Communique of 3rd Meeting of the Committee of Heads of State and Governement of the Africa CDC
New York / Addis Ababa – September 22, 2024 1. The third meeting of the Committee of Heads of State and Government (CHSG) of the Africa CDC was held virtually on September 22, 2024, under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Chairperson of the African […]
Africa speaks with one voice on the Pandemic Agreement
African leaders are looking forward to a just and fair pandemic agreement and a high-level ministerial consultation for the intergovernmental negotiating body on the draft of the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Agreement. The Ministers of Health of African Union Member States met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 27 April, under the facilitation of the […]
Communiqué from the African High–Level Ministerial Consultation for Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the Draft Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Agreement
We, the Ministers of Health of African Union Member States, held a meeting on 27th April 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the facilitation of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), for a High–Level Ministerial Consultation for Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the draft Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Agreement, have agreed […]
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
