Africa CDC – Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, March 2023
COVID-19 in Africa: Where are we today? So far, seven African countries have already surpassed the target of vaccinating at least 70 of the population eligible for COVID-19 vaccination according to the WHO Liberia and Rwanda have fully vaccinated their eligible populations, while Mauritius and Botswana have vaccinated 94 percent Over 90 of the eligible […]
Africa CDC – Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, February 2023
COVID-19 in Africa: Where are we today? So far, seven African countries have already surpassed the target of vaccinating at least 70 of the population eligible for COVID 19 vaccination according to the WHO Liberia and Rwanda have fully vaccinated their eligible populations, while Mauritius and Botswana have vaccinated 94 percent Over 90% of the […]
Africa CDC – Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, January 2023
COVID-19 in Africa: Where are we today? So far, seven African countries have already surpassed the target of vaccinating at least 70 of the population eligible for Covid-19 Vaccination according to the WHO Liberia and Rwanda have fully vaccinated their eligible populations, while Mauritius and Botswana have vaccinated 94 percent Over 90 of the eligible […]
Outbreak Brief 156: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: As of 10 January 2023, a total of 659,108,952 COVID-19 cases and 6,684,756 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1%) have been reported globally by 232 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO). The distribution of cumulative cases (percentage of global cases) from the WHO regions (excluding Africa) are as follows: Eastern […]
Africa CDC – Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, December 2022
COVID-19 in Africa: Where are we today? As of today, the following countries have more than 70 per cent of the populations fully vaccinated Mauritius, Seychelles, Rwanda, Comoros, Tanzania, Somalia, Liberia, Cape Verde, Morocco, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, and Sao Tome and Principe. Africa has registered over 12 million COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the […]
Media Advisory: Invitation to Representatives of the Media
The 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022) kicks-off next week at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda. CPHIA 2022 is hosted by the African Union and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the Rwanda Ministry of Health and Rwanda Biomedical Centre, and will take place […]
Africa CDC and GAFFI to launch Continental Report on Diagnostics for Fungal Diseases in Africa at CPHIA 2022
INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHAT: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Global Action for Fungal Infections (GAFFI) launch Report on Diagnostics for fungal diseases in Africa WHEN: 12 December, 2022 TIME: 18:00 – 20:00 (UTC+2) WHERE: 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022), Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda […]
Africa CDC – Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, November 2022
COVID-19 in Africa: Where we are today Currently, Mauritius and Seychelles have 85 and 82 percent vaccination rates, respectively, surpassing the 70 percent target set by the WHO in 2021. Countries that have attained vaccination rates of between 50 and 70 percent include Liberia at 67 percent, Rwanda at 66 percent, Morocco at 62 percent, […]
The Africa Union COVID-19 Vaccination BINGWA Initiative | Africa CDC initiative to speed and scale up COVID-19 vaccination in Africa
INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES OVERVIEW:The fight against COVID-19 is a race against the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2, hence, implementing a combination of effective and robust COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, with good public health measures are the available tools to get Africa to midwife the continent out of the pandemic.In February 2022, at the African Union (AU) […]
Africa CDC to launch the Implementation of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods Program in the Southern Africa Region
INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHAT: Southern Africa Regional Launch for the Implementation of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods Program: “Meeting the African Union Goal of Vaccinating 70% of the Continent’s population.”WHEN: 11 November 2022TIME: 9:00am (UTC+2)WHERE: Mulungushi International Conference Centre, Lusaka, ZambiaWHY: The main goal of this launch is to enhance the African Member States […]