Consultative meeting on Africa CDC Public Health Situation Room
From 19 to 20 February 2019, representatives of African Union Member States met at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa to discuss how to establish an Africa CDC Health Situation Room that will connect health information systems from different African countries. The Situation Room is a software application developed by UNAIDS, which directly accesses […]
Les contacts réticents et la migration alimentent la propagation du virus Ebola au Nord-Kivu
Cinq mois après la déclaration de la maladie à virus d’Ebola (MVE) dans la Province du Nord-Kivu en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), les agents affectés à la riposte continuent d’enregistrer de nouveaux cas confirmés car de plus en plus de personnes ont été infectées ces dernières semaines. Durant la dernière semaine de janvier 2019, […]
Première réunion du bureau de RISLNET pour l’Afrique Centrale
Les membres du Bureau du Réseau Régional Intégré de Surveillance et de Laboratoires (RISLNET) Afrique centrale se sont réunis à Libreville (Gabon) du 4 au 7 février 2019 pour examiner leurs rôles et responsabilités et discuter des plans pour 2019. “Cette réunion a eu pour but d’examiner les progrès de la mise en œuvre de […]
RISLNET Central Africa bureau holds first meeting
Bureau members of the Regional Integrated Surveillance and Laboratory Network (RISLNET) Central Africa met in Libreville, Gabon, from 4 to 7 February 2019 to review their roles and responsibility and discuss plans for 2019. “This meeting is to review progress on implementation in 2018, discuss the work plan for 2019 and review the roles and […]
Reluctant contacts and migration fueling Ebola spread in North Kivu
Five months after the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was declared in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), response workers are still recording new confirmed cases as more people have become infected in recent weeks. In the last week of January 2019, a significant increase in cases of Ebola was observed […]
Réflexion du RISLNET à Libreville pour améliorer la santé en Afrique Centrale
Le Réseau Régional Intégré de Surveillance et de Laboratoire de l’Afrique Centrale (RISLNET), un cadre de reference pour la lutte contre la resistance aux antimicrobiens initié par Africa CDC qui est une institution specialisée de l’Union Africaine, a ouvert lundi à Libreville un conclave de trois jours pour traiter des questions relatives à l’amélioration de […]
Africa CDC and China CDC to develop a joint work agreement
Africa CDC and China CDC have decided to develop a partnership agreement that will strengthen and make collaboration between the two institutions more result-oriented. The decision was taken today during a meeting held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa between delegations of the two organizations. “We derive a lot of inspiration from how […]
Building capacity for epidemiological surveillance of Ebola in Musienene health zone, Democratic Republic of Congo
Located about 19 kilometres from the city of Butembo, Musienene is one of the eight health zones in the large Ebola control coordination in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the beginning of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in August 2018, the zone has recorded five confirmed cases, the latest of which was on […]
Persistance de l’epidemie de la maladie a virus Ebola au Nord KIivu : Africa CDC dote les structures sanitaires des intrants PCI
Les Provinces du Nord Kivu et Ituri sont touchées par l’épidémie de la maladie à virus Ebola depuis le mois d’aout dernier. Le premier cas a été détecté à Mangina, dans le territoire de Beni. A ce jour, 15 Zones de Santé sont concernées. Notamment Mangina, Tshomia, Komanda et Mambasa (en Ituri), Oicha, Mabalako, Beni, […]
Africa CDC participates in global simulation exercise to respond to a global pandemic
From 4 to 6 December 2018, the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) will participate in a global pandemic response simulation exercise. The exercise will simulate an outbreak of influenza with pandemic potential on the fictional island nation of Mizzou, located off the coast of North […]