Questions and answers on mask wearing
Questions and answers on mask wearing
Alert Notification: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8
Date/Time: 24 November 2020 Incident/Event title/Name: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 Notification*: […]
Outbreak Brief 45: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (17 November 2020), 4,123,778 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 68,185 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 58,436,142 COVID-19 cases and 1,385,469 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.4%) have been reported from 221 countries and territories. This week, no new country […]
Advisory on Respiratory Protective Equipment
Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) includes close fitting masks such as N95 and FFP2 respirators, reusable half masks and powered air purifying respirators. Disposable RPE (N95 or FFP2) is most commonly used by healthcare workers in medical settings. When used correctly RPE can filter small particles, including aerosol-borne pathogens, which may be created during aerosol generating […]
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 […]
Outbreak Brief 44: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (10 November 2020), 4,036,590 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 62,479 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 54,312,364 COVID-19 cases and 1,317,284 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.4%) have been reported from 221 countries and territories. This week, one new territory […]
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 […]
COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (17 November 2020)
In addition to our Weekly Outbreak Brief on the spread of COVID-19 and the actions that Africa CDC is taking to help African Union Member States. Africa CDC shares a weekly brief detailing the latest developments in scientific knowledge and public health policy from around the world, as well as updates to the latest guidance […]
USING DATA TO FIND A BALANCE: Disruption to essential health services in Africa during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated response have created a significant downstream effect on access to essential health services in Africa, and placed millions of people at increased risk of morbidity and mortality from causes other than the virus itself. This challenge is not unique to Africa: across the globe, people are missing or delaying […]
PERC: Biweekly Report (28 October – 10 November 2020)
The Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) released a brief on 13 November that delves deeper into findings from its 24,000-person survey conducted in 18 African Union (AU) Member States on disruptions to essential health services since the start of the pandemic. As governments across Africa start to reinstitute more restrictive public health and […]