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
Guidance for the Continuation of Essential Health
Guidance on Environmental decontamination
Hand washing facility options for resource limited settings
Statement on the Use of Dexamethasone for Severely ill COVID-19 Patients
This statement aims to provide guidance and recommendation to African Union Member States. Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is aware of the media releases of the preliminary results of a large randomized clinical trial conducted in the United Kingdom, which included dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, as one of the drugs used for […]
Statement on Herbal Remedies and Medicines for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19
Herbal-based traditional medicines or phytomedicines play a significant role in disease management in Africa and are widely used as alternative medicines. Therefore, it is important to evaluate both the safety and efficacy of these indigenous botanical assets in medicine prior to endorsing their use by the medical community and the public. There have been several […]
Guidance on Environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19
Scope: This guidance details basic decontamination principles and procedures that should be followed to decontaminate the physical environment in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surface contamination and transmission risk all differ by the type of setting and the volume of people that frequent each setting (e.g. healthcare facilities, public transport, and […]
Hand washing facility options for resource limited settings
There is evidence that hand washing is effective in reducing non-pathogen-specific gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses in community settings. Preventive measures such as good hand and respiratory hygiene and maintaining physical distance are effective for preventing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). More than 50% of people in many African countries are without access to […]
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