An insightful public health conversation with Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Nigeria
Question 1. The African Union, through the Africa CDC, aspires to enhance local vaccine manufacturing, targeting 60% of the continent’s needs by 2040. What steps is Nigeria taking in alignment with this aspiration? Consistent with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria is deeply committed to bolstering its local vaccine manufacturing capabilities, […]
Interview with the Central Africa Regional Coordinator for RISLNET
The Regional Integrated Surveillance and Laboratory Network (RISLNET) was established by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to coordinate and integrate all public health laboratory, surveillance and emergency response assets, including public health data, to effectively support prevention, rapid detection and response to current and emerging public health threats within defined […]
Interview with Hon. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health of the Republic of Uganda, on the Ebola Sudan Disease Experience in Uganda
“When communities are empowered, they do miracles! When they understand exactly what the problem is, they educate each other, carry out surveillance, and they inform the responders in real time.” At the beginning of this year on 11th of January 2023, Uganda was declared Ebola free after battling the Sudan Ebola Virus outbreak (EVD) in Mubende […]