Webinar Series on Infection and Prevention Control for COVID-19
TOPIC: IPC in Dental Practice
COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control: Your Questions Answered
Triage (or screening) In the strategies for effective infection prevention and control (IPC), what does triage entail at hospitals? Triage includes screening at the entrance, identification of cases and isolation if necessary. There should be a triage (screening) area where visitors to the hospital are interviewed using standard questionnaires to identify symptoms, along with temperature […]
Infection Prevention and Control Webinar for COVID-19
To provide remote comprehensive IPC support to healthcare managers, IPC practitioners and healthcare workers in Member States for response to COVID-19
Promoting manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Africa
Special workshop for manufacturers and distributors of PPE in Africa
Best Practices for COVID-19 in Primary Healthcare Facilities
Purpose of this document Based on WHO recommendations, countries have developed guidance documents for COVID-19 care at tertiary and referral hospitals, but there is a lack of clear guidance for maintaining essential services and preventing viral transmission at lower tiers of care. This document addresses issues specific to primary healthcare facilities (PHCs) and aims to […]
Guidance on Infection Prevention among Contact Tracers in Africa
CONTEXT The Africa Union Commission and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a new initiative, the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT): Trace, Test and Track (CDC-T3). Under this initiative, Africa CDC will coordinate efforts to scale-up contact tracing by more than one million contact tracers. It is therefore […]
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, 6 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 PHEOCsPART A:Logistics and […]
Strategies for managing acute shortages of personal protective equipment during COVID-19 pandemic
Recommendations for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are detailed in the Africa CDC guidance on the use of personal protective equipment for different clinical settings and activities. However, due to disruptions in the global supply chain, some African countries may face the risk of an acute shortage of PPE. Preventing a crisis such as acute shortage […]
Webinar series on Knowledge Management: Lockdowns and easing of restrictions
Lockdowns and easing of restrictions: What can be done to adapt to local contexts and to protect those who are vulnerable? WHERE:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89153299572TIME:Hosted by the Africa CDC Sciences, standards and regulations technical working group.Online through Zoom link:Thursday 30 July 2020 @ 2:30-4:00PM (East Africa Time), 12.30-2.00PM BST