Africa CDC and EDCTP partner to train highly skilled epidemiologists and biostatisticians in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 4 March 2021. A new training programme funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is set to support the training of 150 highly skilled epidemiologists and biostatisticians in sub-Saharan Africa over a period of three years. The […]
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Supports the Government of Republic of Guinea in the Fight against the new Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in N’Zerekore Prefecture
Addis Ababa, 14 February 2021- The Government of Republic of Guinea declared a new case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak on 14 February 2021 in Gouecke sub-prefecture N’Zerekore Prefecture. This is following the detection of a suspected cases of Ebola who attended a burial ceremony of a nurse at Goueké health center. The nurse […]
African Union supports response to 12th Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 9 FEBRUARY 2021. The African Union Commission, through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has started discussions with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on how to support response to the 12th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu. This follows the declaration by […]
Africa CDC & Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation partner to strengthen sexual and reproductive health epidemiology in Africa
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF) has awarded a grant of US$11.5 million to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to strengthen sexual and reproductive health services in Africa. During public health emergencies, African countries often face the dilemma of responding to outbreaks to save lives while at the same time […]
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grant to Expand Access to COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Africa
NAIROBI, KENYA, 28 JANUARY 2021—The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation to help expand the geographic coverage of testing and to strengthen contact tracing for COVID-19 in Africa through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). “Equitable access to testing and tracing […]
MTN partners with African Union on COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 28 JANUARY 2021: In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute to the vaccination […]
Kenya adopts Trusted Travel digital tool for COVID-19 test result verification
On 9 January 2021, the Government of the Republic of Kenya announced the launch of its Trusted Travel platform, based on the Africa CDC Trusted Travel platform, becoming the first country to adopt the platform for managing travels during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The ministry has collaborated with the African Union and Africa CDC, with technical […]
AMSP opens COVID-19 vaccines pre-orders for 55 African Union Member States
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 19 JANUARY 2021. Following the announcement by the African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa, on 14 January 2021 that the African Union has secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Africa through its COVID-19 African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), on behalf of the […]
Statement on new SARS-CoV-2 variant with multiple spike protein mutations
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 22 DECEMBER 2020. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) wishes to raise awareness of Member States regarding the new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which was reported in South Africa and the United Kingdom over the past week. Africa CDC is closely following up with […]
Majority of Africans would take a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 17 DECEMBER 2020. A survey conducted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has shown that a predominant majority (79% average) of respondents in Africa would take a COVID-19 vaccine if it were deemed safe and […]