Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) and COVID-19 Management
Weekly Webinar Series and Online Community of Practice Date: Thursday, 20 August, 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 PHEOCsSeries:Incident LeadershipTopic of […]
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 …………………………………… […]
Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 July 2020
Graphic illustration of where we were with COVID-19 response as of 31 July 2020. 1- EPIDEMIOLOGIC UPDATE 2- EQUIPMENT SUPPORT TO MEMBER STATES 3- NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TRAINED 4- STRATEGIC ACTION UPDATE 5- PERSONNEL DEPLOYMENTS BY COUNTRY 6- AFRICA CDC TARGETS 7- COVID-19 tests conducted by Member States as of 31 July 2020 […]
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– Staff Health & Wellbeing: Occupational Health in the Context of COVID-19 PART B– Rwanda’s Experience Date: Thursday, 30 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 […]
COVID-19 Guidance for Educational Sector
Collaborating to improve gender-related and regional disparities in research funding
The report of the workshop is one of the EDCTP contributions to facilitate collaborations between European and African scientists geared towards closing regional and gender imbalances seen in previously funded EDCTP1 and EDCTP2 projects. The report was authored by Shingai Machingaidze, EDCTP Project Officer together with EDCTP Africa Office staff with feedback from the workshop […]
Report on a Joint Meeting of Africa Ministers of Health and Finance on the Progress and Status in Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Economic Shocks
Introduction: The teleconference joint meeting of Africa Ministers of Health and Finance on the progress and status in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shocks was held on 3 June 2020. Attendance: The following participated in the teleconference: Honourable Ministers of Finance and Health from African Union Member States; H.E. Mr. Mousa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson […]
Africa’s Leadership in COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access – Press Briefing
Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 May 2020
Graphic illustration of where we were with COVID-19 response as of 31 May 2020. 1- EPIDEMIOLOGIC UPDATE 2- EQUIPMENT SUPPORT TO MEMBER STATES 3- NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TRAINED 4- STRATEGIC ACTION UPDATE 5- PERSONNEL DEPLOYMENTS BY COUNTRY 6- AFRICA CDC TARGETS 7- COVID-19 tests conducted by Member States as of 31 July 2020
Africa CDC Annual Progress Report 2018
Africa is advancing in its globalization agenda as efforts are being made to establish the Continental Free Trade Area, the Open Sky Agreement and other agreements by Member Countries. With the free movement of persons and goods in view, these initiatives will certainly impact public health across the continent. We need not wait until there […]