Mid-Year Brief: Multi-Country Cholera Outbreak in Africa (1 January – 31 July 2025)

Background Over the past decade, cholera has re-emerged as a persistent and escalating public health threat across African Union (AU) Member States (MS). Between 2014 and 2024, cholera cases reported in Africa surged from 105,287 cases and 1,882 deaths across 19 countries to 254,075 cases and 4,725 deaths across 20 countries. This represented a 141% […]

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, August 2025

Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas: the epidemiological situation, event assessment (risk assessment and geoscope) and public health interventions by the affected Member State, partners, and Africa CDC. Every week […]

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, July 2025

Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas: the epidemiological situation, event assessment (risk assessment and geoscope) and public health interventions by the affected Member State, partners, and Africa CDC. Every week […]

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, June 2025

Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas: the epidemiological situation, event assessment (risk assessment and geoscope) and public health interventions by the affected Member State, partners, and Africa CDC. Every week […]

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, May 2025

Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas: the epidemiological situation, event assessment (risk assessment and geoscope) and public health interventions by the affected Member State, partners, and Africa CDC. Every week […]

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, April 2025

Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas: the epidemiological situation, event assessment (risk assessment and geoscope) and public health interventions by the affected Member State, partners, and Africa CDC. Every week […]

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, March 2025

Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas: the epidemiological situation, event assessment (risk assessment and geoscope) and public health interventions by the affected Member State, partners, and Africa CDC. Every week […]

Continental Mpox Response, Intra-Action Review (IAR) | February 2025

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Under the leadership of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the joint mpox continental intra-action review (IAR) successfully concluded on December 18, 2024. This landmark event brought together nearly 60 participants, including representatives from Africa CDC, WHO, nine affected Member States, and […]