Orientation training for COVID-19 & Community Health Workers
Introduction • Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an essential part of the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) Initiative • Africa CDC set up PACT to drive forward the Africa Union Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 which aims to: • Prevent the spread of COVID-19 • Prevent deaths from COVID-19 • Reduce the social and […]
Guidance on Expedited Regulatory Authorisation Process for Emergency use of COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa
PREAMBLE CONSCIOUS of the fact that the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30 January 2020, and declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, having infected over 91 million persons and caused the deaths of more than 2 million persons globally – […]
Safe Vaccination Administration in the Context of COVID-19 in Africa
Context Immunizations are an essential health service that protect susceptible individuals from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD).1 While committing to sustaining immunization systems, countries should use approaches that respect the principle of do-no-harm and prevent transmission of COVID-19, while providing immunization services. Immunization visits can be used as opportunities to disseminate public health messages that encourage behaviours […]
Questions and answers on COVID-19 vaccine
How do vaccines work? Vaccines work by tricking your body into thinking it has been infected with a disease-causing organism (also called germs) such as a virus, prompting it to develop an immune reaction to the organism itself. This can be done in many different ways including growing the germ in a laboratory and then […]
VIRTUAL KICK-OFF EVENT & PANEL DISCUSSION
Date: Monday, 23 November 2020Time: 6.00 pm EAT | 3.00 pm GMT | 4.00 pm SAST | 4.00 pm WAT Connect to the event through this link: https://zoom.us/j/91657111736?pwd=TEQxY0pEYlpXUldCWjBZcXFCZGQzZz09Meeting ID: 916 5711 1736Passcode: 072567 Speakers Dr John NkengasongDirector, Africa Centres forDisease Control and Prevention Gabrielle FitzgeraldCEO and Founder, PanoramaCo-founder, Pandemic Action Network Aya ChebbiAfrican Union Youth […]
COVID-19 MANAGMENT: Curriculum for Community Health Workers
OVERVIEW: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa has only 3% of the world’s health workers to cater for 11% of the world population, bearing over 25% of the global disease burden (WHO, 2014). With a steady increase in reported cases on the African Continent, the current COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm our […]
Africa Mask Week 23-30 November 2020
In partnership with the Pandemic Action Network, the African Union Office of the Youth Envoy, African Youth Front on Coronavirus, Resolve to Save Lives, and over 70 other organizations, Africa CDC launched this campaign to encourage and increase consistent and proper mask-wearing across Africa. Join us and spread the word about #AfricaMaskWeek. How you can support #AfricaMaskWeek […]
How can we improve awareness for antimicrobial resistance in Africa?
Date: Saturday, 21 November 2020Time: 18:30 SAST, CAT | 19:30 EAT | 17:30 WAT, CET | 16:30 BST | 12:30 ESTHashtag: #AfricaWAAWModerator: @hcsmAFRICA (Vanessa Carter) Join us for a 60-minute Twitter chat to share your views about how we can increase awareness for antimicrobial resistance in Africa. All stakeholders including healthcare professionals, civil society, policymakers, journalists, nurses, medical […]
Africa CDC COVID-19 Social Media Support Kit
This kit provides a messaging framework and accompanying social media share graphics for African Union (AU) Member States and partner organizations of the Africa CDC. These campaign support materials have been developed and shared to bolster national initiatives and outreach campaigns in AU Member States. The message will continue to evolve as the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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 …………………………………… […]