Two cohorts of Public Health Emergency Management Fellows have so far been released by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) across the continent. These 27 fellows, consisting of eight from Cohort 1 and nineteen from Cohort 2, have the mandate to build a robust workforce capable ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to escalate into one of the most pressing global health threats of our time. In response, Africa CDC convened the first-ever continental meeting on access to antimicrobials, diagnostics, and vaccines as countermeasures to AMR, bringing together ...
Rolling back the ongoing mpox outbreak across Africa rests on a deceptively simple principle: tracing every case and isolating every contact – from casual interactions to close physical contact. Yet even as African countries gain experience in identifying and confirming ...
A string of crises, from HIV and Ebola to COVID-19 and mpox, has shaped the public health landscape in Africa. Further worsened by recurring threats of infectious diseases and climate-induced health challenges, each of these emergencies has shown that medical ...
Africa’s Experts Unite to Transform Primary Health Care through Digitalization Africa’s public health story is at a turning point. The continent has shown remarkable unity in recent crises, from coordinating a multi-country response to mpox to advancing a continental framework for ...
Somalia’s health system, after years of conflict, still grapples with limited funding and recurrent climate-related crises. In the aftermath, weak surveillance and minimal community-level reporting persist, hampering the detection and response to threats such as cholera, measles and respiratory infections. The Africa ...
African youth are often excluded from health services, governance and leadership at all levels. But this is beginning to change. Africa CDC’s new plan gives visibility and opportunity to the young leaders and changemakers already improving health in their communities. Africa CDC ...
Six countries have so far launched their national strategies on genomics in Africa. Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Nigeria have already made strides in integrating genomics into their existing public health frameworks. Eleven countries have finalised their plans and are waiting to launch. These are the ...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has unveiled the Biosafety and Biosecurity Strategy 2026–2030, marking a new era in Africa’s pursuit of safe science, responsible innovation and resilient health security systems. The new strategy builds on ...
In Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, scientists at the National Public Health Institute examine cloudy water collected from city drains. These samples hold valuable information for public health. For Professor Isidore Bonkoungou, a bacteriology and virology specialist, this careful work marks ...
As the world continues to grapple with emerging and re-emerging health threats, the Kingdom of Eswatini has taken a decisive step towards strengthening its epidemic intelligence systems with the launch of its National Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) Guidelines. The new framework, developed by the ...
It may have begun with the virus becoming active in the local mosquito population, prompted by heavy rains followed by warm weather — ideal conditions for the mosquitoes responsible for spreading the virus. Already present in the region, Rift Valley Fever (RVF) ...