Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launches five-year strategic plan to improve surveillance, emergency response and prevention of infectious diseases
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched Friday its strategic plan to improve surveillance, emergency response, and prevent infectious diseases on the continent. The plan was reviewed by its experts’ body, the Advisory and Technical Council, before it was endorsed by its Governing Board that includes ten Ministers from the five regions of […]
African Union joins the world in commemorating world TB Day and urges swift action to put TB under control
The African Union and partners on Friday, 24 March 2017, joined the globe to commemorate the World TB Day with a call for renewed and united action to end TB. The African Union Commission is at the forefront of actively engaging Member States in accelerating the response towards AIDS, TB and Malaria. The fight against […]
AU experts deliberate on priority actions to end AIDS, TB and malaria as public health threats by 2030 support initiative to recruit 2 million community health workers to improve community health delivery systems
Ahead of the meeting of African Heads of State and Government on 3 July 2017, experts working in AIDS, TB and Malaria adopted the AIDS Watch Africa Strategic Framework last week. The new strategy will further strengthen AIDS Watch Africa as the Heads of State and Government level continental vehicle for joint action, advocacy and […]
African Union heads of state and government commit to accelerate the implementation of international health regulations
Heads of State and Government meeting on Tuesday adopted the Declaration on Accelerating Implementation of International Health Regulations in Africa. The Declaration seeks to address the increasing public health events and recurrent epidemics on the continent and their huge socio-economic impact. Many African countries have not adequately implemented International Health Regulations to prevent, protect against, […]
Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention launches new networks to fight health threats in Africa
Two new surveillance and laboratory networks will be built in all regions of Africa to accelerate outbreak detection, enhance disease intelligence and prevention, and combat antimicrobial resistance.