Background and purpose
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), officially launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 31 January 2017, is the African Union’s specialized technical agency with the mandate of promoting the prevention and control of diseases in Africa. It envisions a safer, healthier, integrated, and stronger Africa, whereby the Member States are capable of effectively responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases and other public health threats. The agency’s mission is to strengthen the capabilities of Africa’s public health institutions to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease outbreaks and other health burdens through an integrated network of continent-wide preparedness and response, surveillance, laboratory, and research programs.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) provide exceptional professional services of creating expertise, information, and tools for people and communities need to protect their health. It is our responsibility to help ensure internal mechanisms enables our staffs and partners to accomplish their vital public health missions within a robust human resources and financial system that facilitate service delivery. To put in place all necessary measures to expedite the full operationalization of Africa CDC, a raft of interventions including installation of SAP continues to be put in place ensuring efficient and effective operations to cope with the fast-paced environment in which we operate.
- Objective of the Assignment
- Strengthen human resources, administration, protocol, finance and operational systems that eliminates backlogs, align to the needs of Africa CDC and ensures efficient programmatic support service delivery to Member States and donors.
- Streamline work flow, approval processes and efficient conduct of support services.