Deuxième réunion du Conseil Consultatif et Technique des Centres Africains de Contrôle et de Prévention des Maladies (CDC Afrique)
La Deuxième réunion du Conseil Consultatif et Technique du CDC Afrique se tiendra du 04 au 05 juillet 2018 à Addis Abéba, Ethiopie, au siège de la Commission de l’Union Africaine. Le rôle du Conseil Consultatif et Technique du CDC Afrique est de donner des orientations sur les questions émergentes et d’autres questions connexes de contrôle et […]
AUC and government of China sign exchange of letters of agreement for the construction of Africa CDC Headquarters building
On Monday, 24 June 2019, H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohamed Elfadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs and H.E. Ambassador Yuxi Liu, Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to Ethiopia, on behalf of the African Union Commission and the Government of China, signed an Exchange of Letters of Agreement for the construction of the […]
Training of trainers workshop on public health emergency operations centres opens in Addis Ababa
A nine-day training of trainers workshop on the management and operations of a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday 24 June 2019. Thirty-one trainees from 21 African Union Member States and Saudi Arabia are participating in the workshop, which is facilitated jointly by the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), […]
Uganda and DRC renew commitment to strengthen cross-border disease surveillance
Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health authorities have renewed commitment to strengthen cross-border disease surveillance. This follows the confirmation of a new Ebola case in a five-year-old boy in Kasese, Uganda, on 11 June, who later died on Wednesday, 12 June 2019. Kasese is about 140 kilometres from Beni, one of the […]
Africa CDC organizes a technical meeting on mortality surveillance in West Africa
West African countries (ECOWAS) met in Accra, Ghana, from 29 to 31 May 2019 to share experiences and lay strategies for improving mortality surveillance in the sub-region. “The purpose of this meeting was to reflect on resource mobilization, program sustainability, national criteria for planning and intersectoral collaboration for mortality surveillance programmes.” said Ms. Akhona Tshangela, […]
Social Affairs Commissioner launches Africa CDC initiative to protect Africa against dangerous pathogens
Her Excellency Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs at the African Union Commission (AUC), launched a new initiative by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to protect African countries against dangerous pathogens. Nearly 100 government representatives and experts from around the world witnessed the event during the opening ceremony of the 2nd Annual Global […]
Southern Africa map key steps to strengthen network of laboratories in the region for improved disease detection and rapid response
Member State experts from the Southern African region agreed early May on key steps to build a network of laboratories to increase collaboration for improved disease detection and rapid response. The meeting brought together laboratory experts from 10 countries in the region, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The […]
North Kivu strengthens community-based surveillance for Ebola response
Located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), North Kivu Province has a relatively well-developed road network, which makes mobility in the province relatively easy. There is often a heavy traffic of people straddling cities, and even across the Congolese borders, in search of suppliers or buyers of goods and services […]
Ebola response suffers major setback in Katwa Health Zone
Eight months into the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), response effort is facing a major setback as the Mavono Health Centre, which serves the Muchanga Health Area in Katwa Health Zone, was attacked on 11 February 2019. The crowd of attackers set fire on the health centre burning its 16 beds, […]
Health is at the heart of Africa’s developmental agenda
The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Kwesi Quartey, has said that health remains at the heart of Africa’s continental developmental agenda. In his opening address to a joint technical meeting on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) held at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 21 and 22 February […]