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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 …………………………………… […]

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (11 August 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 […]

Outbreak Brief 30: COVID-19 Pandemic – 11 August 2020

Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (4 August 2020), 1,798,419 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 41,329 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 19,727,117 COVID-19 cases and 721,340 (CFR: 4%) related deaths have been reported from 215 countries and territories. The distribution of cumulative cases (proportion of global […]

Webinar Series on COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance in Africa #3

TOPIC: Technical session on SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing and Quality Control​ SPEAKERS: Dr. Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Houriiyah Tegally and Emmanuel James San, KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) at University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South AfricaWHEN: Wednesday, 05 August 2020TIME: 2.00PM – 3.00PM East Africa TimeWHERE: https://bit.ly/2Okfoqy ​

Outbreak Brief 29: COVID-19 Pandemic – 4 August 2020

Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (28 July 2020), 1,800,515 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 39,969 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 17,928,698 COVID-19 cases and 687,011 (CFR: 4%) related deaths have been reported from 215 countries and territories. The distribution of cumulative cases (proportion of global […]

Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 July 2020

Graphic illustration of where we were with COVID-19 response as of 31 July 2020. 1- EPIDEMIOLOGIC UPDATE 2- EQUIPMENT SUPPORT TO MEMBER STATES 3- NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TRAINED 4- STRATEGIC ACTION UPDATE 5- PERSONNEL DEPLOYMENTS BY COUNTRY 6- AFRICA CDC TARGETS 7- COVID-19 tests conducted by Member States as of 31 July 2020   […]

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (28 July 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 […]

Outbreak Brief 27: COVID-19 Pandemic – 21 July 2020

Since the last brief (14 July 2020), 1,577,909 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 37,039 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 14,363,960 COVID-19 cases and 603,943 (CFR: 4.2%) related deaths have been reported from 215 countries and territories. No new country or territory is reporting cases or deaths […]

Outbreak Brief 26: COVID-19 Pandemic – 14 July 2020

Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (7 July 2020), 1,419,904 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 34,3262 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 12,786,051 COVID-19 cases and 566,904 (CFR: 4%) related deaths have been reported from 215 countries and territories. No new country or territory is reporting cases […]

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