Commissioner Amira Elfadil speaks about PACT
The Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) is an initiative of the African Union to prevent transmission and deaths, and minimize the social and economic harm due to COVID-19 in Africa. Support PACT for timely testing, tracing and treating to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in Africa.
Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) and COVID-19 Management
Weekly Webinar Series and Online Community of Practice Features: Knowledge transfer through facilitated sessions and continuous mentoring Networking, learning and experience sharing Advocating for the use of PHEOCs and Incident Management System for emergency response in settings where there are no PHEOCs
Africa CDC COVID-19 Response Update, 31 May 2020
Graphic illustration of where we were with COVID-19 response as of 31 May 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
Guidance on easing lockdown
In response to the first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported on the continent, many African Union Member States implemented large-scale public health and social measures (PHSM) rapidly. These measures were aimed at reducing transmission and the number of new cases being reported, protecting the most vulnerable populations, and allowing time for countries to […]
Guidance for the continuation of essential health services during COVID-19 pandemic
This document provides guidance for African Union Member States on actions to be taken to ensure they continue to meet all the health needs of their citizens in accordance with achieving the objectives of the Africa Health Strategy 2016 – 2030.
Guidance for mental health and psychosocial support for COVID-19
This document provides guidance to African Union Member States on key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It contains useful guidance on MHPSS for the community, healthcare workers, caregivers of vulnerable populations and people in quarantine, isolation or treatment centers(1) (2). This guidance aims to […]
COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 26 May 2020
In addition to our weekly brief on the spread of COVID-19 and the actions that Africa CDC is taking to help member states, Africa CDC has begun to share a weekly brief detailing the latest changes in scientific knowledge and public health policy changes, as well as updates to the latest guidance from WHO and […]
Outbreak Brief 19: COVID-19 Pandemic – 26 May 2020
Since the last brief (19 May 2020), 686,640 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 27,174 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 5,308,641 COVID-19 cases and 342,151 (CFR: 6.5%) related deaths have been reported worldwide. Worldwide, a total of 215 countries and territories have reported COVID-19 cases. No new […]
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children and adolescents temporally related to COVID-19
More than 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including more than 320,000 deaths, have been reported globally as of 22 May 2020. Similarly, close 100,000 confirmed cases with over 3,000 deaths have been reported from Africa. Children aged 0–14 years constitute only 2.1% of confirmed cases. Suspected pediatric clinical cases compatible with […]
COVID-19 guidance for educational settings
This guidance will assist staff, students and caregivers in schools (including day care centres, pre-school, primary and secondary schools), higher educational institutions (including universities, research institutes) and other educational institutions with how to address coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during different outbreak phases as defined in the Africa CDC Stepwise Response. This guidance complements the Africa […]