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Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihoods Inititaive Commence Implementation Launch in Rwanda

August 8, 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has commenced the in-country implementation of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative in the Republic of Rwanda to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination across the country. The vaccination drive is being launched at a time […]

Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative Commences Implementation in Namibia

August 3, 2022, Windhoek, Namibia: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has commenced the in-country implementation of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative in Namibia to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination. The vaccination drive is coming at a time when the country only has 26% of […]

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Receives a $100 Million Grant from the World Bank to Strengthen Continental Public Health Preparedness

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 22nd July 2022– Africa CDC has received a USD 100 million grant from the World Bank to strengthen Africa’s preparedness and response capabilities to health emergencies. The support programme will enhance Africa CDC’s technical capacity and strengthen institutional frameworks that will enable the agency to plan better, prepare effectively, and respond […]

African Union establishes One Health Coordination Group on Zoonotic Diseases

To coordinate, support, monitor, and evaluate the implementation of the African Union One Health Strategy for Zoonotic Disease Prevention and Control across the Member States, the African Union Interagency Group on One Health has been established. The Interagency was established during a meeting on One Health that took place from 13-14 June 2022 at AU-IBAR […]

Press Release on Monkeypox situation in Africa

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 27 June 2022 – Since the beginning of 2022, 1,715 cases (1,636 suspected; 79 confirmed) and 73 deaths (CFR: 4.3%) of monkeypox have been reported from eight endemic and two non-endemic African Union (AU) Member States (MS). During the period of the COVID-19 pandemic (February 2020 to date), Africa has documented 12,141 […]

Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative hits one-year milestone

June 21, 2022 [Ethiopia, Addis Ababa] – A year ago, the Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC launched the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative – a now $1.5 billion partnership with four key objectives: To purchase COVID-19 vaccines for at least 65 million people To drive millions more vaccinations by enabling the delivery and administration of […]

Africa CDC conduct bioinformatics training to support genomic surveillance

The Africa CDC through its Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI) has supported African countries during the past two years to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Strengthening genomic sequencing capability has resulted in the sequencing of nearly 100,000 SARS-COV-2 genomes. Cognizant of the scale-up of data generation capability, the Africa CDC in partnership with the South […]