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 […]
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 […]