August 26, 2025
Africa: Continental Cholera Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for Africa 1.0
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August 29, 2025
Africa: President Hakainde Hichilema, AU Cholera Champion, Joins Partners to Unveil Africa's New Continental Cholera Plan
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | August 29, 2025 -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a six-month 1.0… Read more »
August 25, 2025
Africa: Remarks At the Opening Session of the 75th Session of the Who Regional Committee for Africa (RC75) Lusaka, Zambia
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August 16, 2025
Africa: Africa CDC Applauds First-Ever Malaria Treatment for Infants Under 5 Kg
New infant-friendly formulation closes a critical treatment gap for the youngest children, with support from African-led trials and global partners. Read more »
July 31, 2025
Africa: Africa CDC and European Commission Launch New Initiative to Strengthen Mpox Testing and Sequencing Across Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Commission today announced the launch of the Partnership to Accelerate Mpox Testing and… Read more »
July 23, 2025
Africa: Africa CDC Launches Health Journalism Fellowship to Strengthen Public Health Storytelling
New track under African Union Media Fellowship aims to promote evidence-based storytelling and health security reporting Read more »
Africa: New Study Reveals Widespread Drug Resistance Across 14 African Countries
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,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Sets Course to Strengthen and Harmonise Health Data Governance
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… Read more »
Africa: Africa CDC Set to Launch Groundbreaking Knowledge Management Portal
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… Read more »
July 22, 2025
Africa: Eastern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre Sets the Tone for Strengthened Regional Health Security
Efforts to strategically leverage health diplomacy to foster cooperation, strengthen partnerships, and promote stability across nations gained momentum when Africa CDC's Eastern… Read more »
Africa: Interrogating Public Health in Africa Boosts Metrics of Continental Journal
The number of published articles in the Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHIA) rose from 31 in 2024 to 104 in 2025. The peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing… Read more »
Africa: Southern Africa Enhances Early Warning Systems As Event-Based Surveillance Guidelines Are Launched in Three Countries
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… Read more »
July 21, 2025
Africa: Africa CDC Statement On the Peace Agreement Between the Government of the DRC and the Congo River Alliance/M23
Africa CDC welcomes the signing of the Declaration of Principles on 19 July 2025 between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Congo River Alliance/M23.… Read more »
July 18, 2025
Africa: Africa Launches Continental Strategy to Decentralize Diagnostics and Accelerate Outbreak Response
In a major step toward faster and more localized outbreak response, Africa CDC convened public health leaders from ten African countries in Yaoundé to co-develop a… Read more »
July 04, 2025
Africa: Study Validates Impact of International Teams in Africa's Outbreak Response
A new study carried out by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) confirms the critical role… Read more »
June 26, 2025
Africa: Africa Unites to Take Stock of Disease Burden and Financial Needs Towards NTDs Elimination By 2030
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | June 26, 2025 -- Fifty African Union Member States have endorsed a ground-breaking digital micro-planning portal co-created by Africa CDC to accelerate the… Read more »
