COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (25 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 32: COVID-19 Pandemic – 25 August 2020
Mise à jour sur l’épidémie: Depuis le dernier bulletin d’information (18 Août 2020), 2 037 959 nouveaux cas confirmés1 de coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) et 44,362 nouveaux décès ont été signalés dans le monde. À ce jour, un total de 23 349 962 cas de COVID-19 et 806 619 (Taux de létalité (TdL): 3.5%) décès ont […]
PERC: Brief on Public Health and Social Measure Implementation in Africa
Table of Contents I. Africa COVID-19 Situation Metrics Key Trends Disease Dynamics PHSM Implementation & Adherence PHSM Burden II. Regional Analysis Central Africa Eastern Africa Northern Africa Southern Africa Western Africa III. Annex Aims and Approach Methods and Limitations Epidemiological Indicators Data Sources Reporting Rates Resources
Outbreak Brief 31: COVID-19 Pandemic – 18 August 2020
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (11 August 2020), 1,584,886 new confirmed1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 33,917 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 21,312,003 COVID-19 cases and 762,257 (case fatality rate (CFR): 4%) related deaths have been reported from 215 countries and territories. The distribution of cumulative cases […]
Best Practices for COVID-19 in Primary Healthcare Facilities
Purpose of this document Based on WHO recommendations, countries have developed guidance documents for COVID-19 care at tertiary and referral hospitals, but there is a lack of clear guidance for maintaining essential services and preventing viral transmission at lower tiers of care. This document addresses issues specific to primary healthcare facilities (PHCs) and aims to […]
Generic protocol for a population-based, age and gender stratified sero-survey study for SARS-CoV-2
Background: The novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic, and the epidemic in Africa continues to rise at a rapid rate. Cases have been reported in 54 of 55 member states, most of which already experiencing community-spread hence are making it more difficult to contain the outbreak. With the expansion of testing, […]
Guidance on Resumption of Travel and Cross-border Surveillance
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 […]