The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) is set to kick off action towards strengthening and harmonising the framework of policies, procedures, and practices that ensure healthcare data is managed, protected, and used responsibly throughout its lifecycle — health data ...
Malaria is on the rise in southern Africa, with several countries – including Botswana, eSwatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe – reporting new outbreaks, underscoring the ongoing challenges in eradicating the disease in Africa. Data from the Surveillance and Disease Intelligence Division ...
Results from a newly published study highlight the growing spread of drug resistance across 14 African countries, underscoring the urgent need to strengthen laboratory testing, data systems, and health planning to tackle hard-to-treat infections. The study, known as the Mapping Antimicrobial ...
A year on, the ongoing mpox outbreak now affects 26 countries across Africa, up from seven initially. Containing the outbreak remains a challenge, complicated by the disease’s four clades and several sub-strains, the latest of which was only identified earlier ...
Somalia and Djibouti are showing that, even in complex and challenging environments, it is possible to build systems that protect public health and foster trust. The two countries have made major strides by introducing national pharmacovigilance systems — tools that ...
Efforts to strategically leverage health diplomacy to foster cooperation, strengthen partnerships, and promote stability across nations gained momentum when Africa CDC’s Eastern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre (Eastern Africa RCC) formally presented its credentials to the Government of Kenya, establishing its official presence and ...
Three Southern African countries now have Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) Guidelines—a critical tool for detecting and responding to emerging health risks. Event-based surveillance systems collect and analyse information from diverse sources, including communities, the media, and healthcare workers, to detect unusual ...
The number of articles published in the Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHIA) has seen a significant increase, rising from an annual average of 70 articles between 2018 and 2024 to 104 articles in just the first half of ...
Africa CDC and strategic health partners operating in Central Africa have drawn up an outline of a joint 2026–2027 roadmap to strengthen health security in the Central African region. Central Africa, like the rest of the continent, is deeply affected by ...
Young people in Africa, from remote villages to bustling cities are stepping into community health roles. They are reshaping lives, economies, and the future of health care. For decades, many communities in Africa’s remote areas have waited for the health ...
Africa is the continent worst affected by disease outbreaks, registering a 40% rise between 2022 and 2024. However, the establishment of the Continental Surveillance Advisory Group (CSAG) is expected to be a game-changer, enhancing disease forecasting, monitoring, identification and reporting ...
Two critical bodies in Eastern Africa have renewed their leadershipstepping up health coordination in the region. The leaders were selected among minister and public health leaders from 14 AU Member States who gathered in Djibouti for the 3rd Regional Ministerial ...