Media Advisory: Invitation to Representatives of the Media
WHAT: Media briefing on emerging discussions at the first international Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021), the impact of COVID-19 in the continent, and the urgent call for a New Public Health Order in Africa. The media briefing will further highlight interventions needed to strengthen African health security and pandemic preparedness & response. […]
Media Invitation: Register for CPHIA 2021
Media registration for the first-ever Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021) is now open – we hope you’ll join us! To register as a media representative, please click here. CPHIA 2021, organized by the Africa CDC and African Union, is taking place virtually 14-16 December. A number of heads of state and leading […]
CPHIA 2021: Media Training OPPORTUMITY!
CPHIA 2021 pre-conference virtual workshop As part of the inaugural Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021), The Conversation Africa and Internews will conduct a two-hour pre-conference virtual workshop on 13 December 2021 led by experts in global health communications. The workshop is designed to develop capacity of journalists to translate and communicate science-related […]
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), 18-24 November 2021
Theme: “AMR Governance: Preventing AMR Is Our Shared Responsibility” The African Union Task Force on AMR, African regional tripartite members (FAO, OIE, WHO) and UNEP, are organizing the 3rd continental joint WAAW Africa campaign under the theme for the regional WAAW 2021 is “AMR Governance- Preventing AMR Is Our Shared Responsibility” The theme for the […]
How can we Spread Awareness to Stop Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa?
Date: Sunday, 21 November 2021Time: 16:30 GMT | 17:30 WAT |18:30 CAT | 19:30 EATHashtag: #AfricaWAAWModerator: @hcsmAFRICA (Vanessa Carter) In celebration of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, join us for a 60-minute Twitter chat to share your views about how we can “Spread Awareness to Stop Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa”. All one health stakeholders including healthcare professionals, civil […]
Africa CDC – Moderna Scientific Exchange
Join the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/3337716453?pwd=NjAremxxQjJRRXVHaGt0VUNzd3lZdz09
Strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccines uptake in COMESA Member States
The Critical Role of Community Health Workers in COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out
Background Africa CDC being a continental public health institution has been working with AU Members states and partners in strengthening the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks, based on data-driven interventions and programmes. Since the emergence of COVID 19 in December […]
Podcast: Digitization in African Public Health COVID-19
[Africa CDC- IDC LSHTM Podcast series, Courtesy Dr. Noah T Fongwen, Research Fellow, Africa CDC]: Digitization and what does it mean for Africa? by Dr. Edem Adzogenu Innovation Advisor, Africa CDC, Co-Chair, AfroChampions, Non-Executive Director; Capital Hospital Group (South Africa).
Podcast: Prof. Rosanna Peeling interview with David Powell of IATA on travel restrictions and Lockdown
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Travel restrictions and Lockdown by Prof. Rosanna Peeling interview with David Powell of IATA