Statement on the Efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) against the SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Context: Many countries in Africa are managing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been over 3.6 million cases and over 96,000 deaths reported on the continent since the first official case was reported on the continent on 14 February 2020. The continent’s case fatality rate of 2.6 percent is above the global […]
Questions and answers on COVID-19 vaccine
How do vaccines work? Vaccines work by tricking your body into thinking it has been infected with a disease-causing organism (also called germs) such as a virus, prompting it to develop an immune reaction to the organism itself. This can be done in many different ways including growing the germ in a laboratory and then […]
COVID-19 MANAGMENT: Curriculum for Community Health Workers
OVERVIEW: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa has only 3% of the world’s health workers to cater for 11% of the world population, bearing over 25% of the global disease burden (WHO, 2014). With a steady increase in reported cases on the African Continent, the current COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm our […]
Webinar Series on Mental Health Aspects of COVID-19
Topic: Sleep in the Time of COVID-19 (Practical Tips for Improving & Optimizing sleep)Date: Thursday 5 November 2020Time: 4:00 5:30 pm (East Africa Time / GMT+3)
WEBINAR SERIES ON MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS OF COVID-19
WEBINAR SERIES ON MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS OF COVID-19Topic: Practical Mental Health Considerations for Healthcare Staff during COVID-19
Ensuring COVID-19 vaccine preparedness through community engagement
Ensuring COVID-19 vaccine preparedness through community engagement: Lesson from adult female vaccination programmes in Africa Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2020Time: 12:00 – 13:30 East Africa Time
Guidance on Setting Up an Isolation Ward for COVID-19 Cases
Scope: The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Africa is increasing, and in many countries the number of cases has surpassed the number of available hospital beds. Because of the surge many countries are using tents or converting existing buildings into isolation wards. This document simplifies the WHO guidance on severe acute respiratory […]
Africa CDC Annual Progress Report 2019
CONTENTS THE YEAR IN BRIEF ……………………………………………………………………………………. 2 REGIONAL COLLABORATING CENTRES (RCCs) ……………………………………. 4 PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES AND RESEARCH …………………………………….. 5 REGIONAL INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE AND LABORATORY NETWORK (RISLNET) ………………………………………………………. 7 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE …………………………………… 8 DISEASE OUTBREAK RESPONSE SUPPORT TO MEMBER STATES ……. 9 LABORATORY SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS ………………………………………….. 13 SURVEILLANCE AND DISEASE INTELLIGENCE …………………………………… […]
Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) and COVID-19 Management
Weekly Webinar Series and Online Community of Practice Date: Thursday, 23 July, 2020 | Time: 3.00-4.10 pm Eastern Africa TimeFeatures• Knowledge transfer through facilitated sessions and continuous mentoring• Networking, learning and experience sharing• Advocating for the use of PHEOCs and Incident Management System for emergency response in settings where there are no PHEOCsPART A:Rapid Response […]
Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) and COVID-19 Management
Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) and COVID-19 Management Weekly Webinar Series and Online Community of Practice PART A: The PHEOC and Information Management PART B: United Arab Emirate’s Experience Date: Thursday, 9 July 2020Time: 3.00-4.10 pm (Eastern Africa Time)12.00-1.10 pm (GMT)1.00-2.10 pm (Standard Western Africa Time)1.00-2.10 pm (Central European Time) Features• Knowledge transfer through […]