Africa CDC Officially Launches Event-based Surveillance Revised Framework, EBS Training Manual and Health Information Exchange Guidelines and Standards
Nairobi, Kenya, 28 March 2023. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) officially launched its continental event-based surveillance (EBS) framework and other resources to strengthen the continent’s early warning systems. The event was attended by over 150 participants, including, Directors of National Public Health Institutes and surveillance experts from African Union Member States. […]
Africa CDC launches a pathogen genomics and bioinformatics fellowship program
23 March 2003, Addis Ababa – Today the Africa CDC launched the Africa PGI – Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics Fellowship Program, a continental workforce development program targeting public health laboratories in the African Union Member States to improve the use of pathogen genomic data for outbreak detection and disease surveillance. Over the past few years, […]
Africa CDC and KNCV TB Plus Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and The Hague, The Netherlands, March 23, 2023 – As the world commemorates World Tuberculosis Day tomorrow, with the theme “Yes! We Can End TB” concerted efforts are under way to eradicate the disease which affects one-quarter of the world’s population. The African Union (AU), through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and […]
Republic of Tanzania declares Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) Outbreak
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 22 March 2023: On 21 March 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Bukoba district, Kagera region, north western Tanzania. Cumulatively, eight confirmed cases and five deaths, including a health care worker have been reported (case fatality rate: 63%), while […]
Africa CDC launches Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship for African health professionals
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – March 16, 2023: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched the Africa CDC Public Health Emergency Management fellowship (Africa CDC PHEM Fellowship), as part of its strategic commitment to broader workforce development under the New Public Health Order. This fellowship will foster the development of a […]
Africa CDC hosts Lead partners of the PAVM to review the broader vaccine manufacturing ecosystem in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda 10/03/2023. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) hosted its lead partners at a meeting on the sidelines of the Africa Health Agenda International Conference 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda, from 05 March to 08 March 2023. The meeting took place on 09 and 10 March 2023. It brought together the […]
High-Level Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Cholera Epidemics and Climate-Related Public Health Emergencies
Lilongwe, 10 March 2023 – The Ministers of Health and Ministers of Water and Sanitation, as well as their senior technical experts from 12 African Union Member States, attended the High-Level Emergency Ministerial meeting on Cholera Epidemics and Climate-Related Public Health Emergencies in Lilongwe, Malawi from 9th – 10th March 2023. The Ministers agreed on joint […]
GSMA signs agreement with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, to harness the power of mobile to combat disease in Africa
The new Memorandum of Understanding will bring a more developed communications infrastructure to African health centres and their workers, improving the lives of millions by using mobile data capabilities to reduce the spread of disease 01 March 2023, Barcelona: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), intended to bring the transformational power of mobile connectivity to support […]
Press Release on Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 14 February 2023 – On 13 February 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH) of Equatorial Guinea reported a confirmed Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in the Kie Ntem province in the North Western part of the country. One confirmed case, nine deaths and 16 suspected cases have been reported […]
Africa CDC, Institut Pasteur de Dakar and the South African Medical Research Council take concrete action to ramp up Africa’s biomanufacturing workforce.
La Pointe Sarène, Senegal 07/02/2022; Over 30 partner organisations will join from 7th to 9th February to participate in the first Biomanufacturing Workforce Development workshop co-hosted by Africa CDC, IPD and SAMRC. The Africa CDC has set the ambitious goal to manufacture 60% of the vaccine doses required on the continent by 2040. Yet, Africa […]