Africa Trade Insurance Agency supports Africa CDC in COVID-19 Response in Africa
Nairobi, 09 August, 2021 – Africa is facing a surging third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination remains a challenge. As a partner in the continents’ response to the pandemic, The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has provided financial support of USD250,000 to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The […]
Republic of Guinea confirmed death relating to Marburg Virus Disease (MVD)
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 9 August 2021: On 5 August 2021, the Republic of Guinea through its Ministry of Health (MoH) reported a confirmed death due to Marburg virus disease (MVD) in the southern Guéckédou prefecture. This marks the first report of MVD in the country and the Western Africa Region. The deceased was a 46-year-old […]
African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) announces 108,000 doses of vaccines arriving in Mauritius as part of the first monthly shipment of Johnson & Johnson vaccines
Port Louis, August 7th, 2021, (12:35 PM) – AVAT is pleased to announce the shipment of 108,000 of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccines to Mauritius on the 7th of August. This is part of a total of 6.4m vaccine doses to be shipped to African Union Member States in August 2021. The Member States […]
Africa announces the rollout of 400m vaccine doses to the African Union Member States and the Caribbean
ADDIS ABABA, 5 August 2021 – His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and African Union (AU) COVID-19 Champion, is pleased to announce the start of monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the AU / African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to the AU Member States today. An initiative by the […]
Travel Advisory on the Launch of the AU Trusted Travel Platform for the Verification of COVID-19 Certificates for Zimbabwe
The Government of Zimbabwe has taken note of the growing prospect of another wave in the COVID-19 cycle in the region. Such a wave could be worsened by the circulation of dangerous new variants from overseas. Zimbabwe, like most countries, has tried to minimise the risk of disease importation from the onset of the pandemic […]
Africa CDC holds virtual meeting with African Group Permanent Representatives and Heads of African Union Missions in New York, Geneva, Brussels and Washington DC.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 15 JULY 2021. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has briefed the African group permanent representatives in the diplomatic and diaspora communities on status of acquisition and roll out of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The event which was held virtually brought together African Group representatives in Brussels, Geneva, New […]
Statement on the remarkable progress made by several African countries as part of the Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM)
The Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) was launched by H.E Felix Tshisekedi, Chair of the African Union and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, during a virtual summit hosted by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on 12-13th April 2021 under the theme […]
Wearing A Mask Still Matters: The World Rallies to Continue Masking to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
World Mask Week (July 12-18) is a global movement to encourage continued masking-wearing to reach the end of the COVID-19 pandemic July 12, 2021, Seattle, WA—Pandemic Action Network, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Union, 3M and over 50 global, regional, and local partner organizations announced today the launch […]
Africa CDC and MTN accelerate fight against COVID-19 with “One More Push” campaign
Complementing the ‘Adapted Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Pandemic’ of the African Union Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8 July 2021: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and pan-African operator MTN Group today launched a joint campaign – “One More Push” – to encourage people across the continent to not give up […]
Africa CDC, African Union, WHO, The Rockefeller Foundation, Join the ‘One by One: Target Covid-19 Campaign’ to Launch ‘AfricaCovidChampions’
Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Uganda – 7th July 2021 — In order to combat the spread of misinformation and to mitigate the deadly spread of COVID-19, the One by One: Target COVID-19 Campaign, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the African Union and The Rockefeller Foundation have joined hands with celebrity influencers […]