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 […]

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 […]

Outbreak Brief 144: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Outbreak Update: As of 19 October 2022, a total of 623,470,447 COVID-19 cases and 6,551,678 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1.1%) 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 […]

Outbreak Brief 143: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Outbreak Update: As of 11 October 2022, a total of 618,521,620 COVID-19 cases and 6,534,725 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1.1%) 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, September 2022

COVID-19 in Africa: Where we are today In June 2021, the Mastercard Foundation partnered with the Africa CDC to launch the $1.5billion Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative. Together, we are purchasing COVID-19 vaccines for more than 65 million people, deploying vaccines to millions more across the continent, enabling vaccine manufacturing in Africa by developing the […]

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