Africa CDC Launches African High-Level Ministerial Committee to Shape Global Health Architecture Reform
Nairobi, Kenya | 27 April 2026 — Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) today launched the African High-Level Ministerial Committee on Global Health Architecture Reform (AHLMC) on the margins of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Committee brings together Ministers of Health and Finance from across the continent to […]
Africa CDC and Africa Frontline First Strengthen Partnership to Accelerate Community Health Workforce Expansion
Nairobi, Kenya | 27 April 2026 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Africa Frontline First (AFF) have strengthened their strategic partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement will support the deployment of 200,000 Community Health Workers (CHWs) across Africa. The signing took place on […]
Africa CDC Statement on Algeria’s Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 April 2026 – Africa CDC welcomes Algeria’s validation by the World Health Organization as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. This milestone, achieved on 23 April 2026, makes Algeria the 29th country globally and the 10th country in WHO’s African Region to reach this achievement. As of 24 April 2026, […]
AU and EU strengthen their Health Partnership, launch initiatives under Global Gateway
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 April 2026 – The African Union and the European Commission, working through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), continue to scale up their health partnership with the launch of three new initiatives worth more than €100 million under the Global Gateway strategy. These initiatives aim to strengthen […]
Africa CDC, WHO and Partners Review Progress on Mpox Response
Addis Ababa, 17 April 2026 – Africa is strengthening its response to disease outbreaks through faster, more coordinated and more predictable action, building on lessons from the continental Incident Management Support Team (IMST) activated during the mpox response. Leading public health institutions, partners and representatives from 30 member states convened at the Africa Centres for […]
Africa CDC Secures Over US$250 Million to Advance Africa’s Global Health Security Agenda at the Lyon One Health Summit in Lyon (France)
Lyon / Addis Ababa / Brussels, 8 April 2026 – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) welcomes the outcomes of the One Health Summit held in Lyon, France, that affirms a decisive shift: Africa is no longer at the margins of global health—it is shaping its future. Africa CDC expresses its […]
Africa CDC mobilise plus de 250 millions USD pour faire avancer l’agenda africain de sécurité sanitaire mondiale lors du Sommet One Health de Lyon (France)
Lyon / Addis-Abeba / Bruxelles, 8 avril 2026 – Africa CDC salue les résultats du Sommet One Health tenu à Lyon, en France, qui confirme un tournant décisif : l’Afrique n’est plus en marge de la santé mondiale — elle en façonne désormais l’avenir. Africa CDC exprime sa profonde appréciation à S.E. Emmanuel Macron pour […]
Africa CDC nomme Son Excellence Professeur Yemi Osinbajo comme Conseiller Stratégique Principal auprès de son Directeur Général
Addis-Abeba, le 6 avril 2026 — Africa CDC a nommé S.E. Professeur Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, ancien Vice-Président du Nigéria, au poste de Conseiller Stratégique Principal auprès du Directeur général d’Africa, S.E. Dr Jean Kaseya. Cette nomination intervient alors qu’Africa CDC accélère la mise en œuvre de l’Agenda pour la sécurité sanitaire et la souveraineté en […]
Africa CDC Appoints His Excellency Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as Senior Strategic Advisor to the Director General
Addis Ababa, 6 April 2026 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has appointed H.E. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as Senior Strategic Advisor to the Africa CDC Director General, H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya. The appointment comes at a pivotal moment as Africa […]
Primary Healthcare Digital Transformation Gains AU and Partner Support
Addis Ababa, 2 April 2026 – The vision of a digitally enabled primary healthcare system across Africa has taken one step forward as African Union Member States, United Nations agencies, development partners and technical experts convened to validate the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Primary Health Care Digitalisation Framework. The Framework […]