November 10, 2024
Africa: A New Digital Health Platform for Africa
As the use of digital tools for effective healthcare delivery gradually takes foothold in Africa, the Africa CDC has unveiled a new platform that caters for differing needs in… Read more »
November 09, 2024
Africa: WHO, Africa CDC Support 17 Countries to Develop Mpox Vaccination Plans
World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) experts gathered in Brazzaville this week with country representatives and… Read more »
November 07, 2024
Africa: Driving Pan-African Research Collaboration - Panther and Africa CDC Launch the Mpox Study in Africa
As critical discussions at the World Health Summit in Berlin conclude, the Africa CDC, in partnership with PANTHER, proudly announces its first direct contribution to the Mpox… Read more »
November 06, 2024
Africa: Vaccine Doses Allocated to 9 African Countries Hardest Hit By Mpox Surge
The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox has allocated an initial 899 000 vaccine doses for nine countries across the African region that are hit hard by the current mpox… Read more »
October 31, 2024
Africa: Call for Applications | the Africa CDC Bingwa Plus Initiative
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Office to the… Read more »
October 30, 2024
Africa: African Vaccine Manufacturing Mapping | Supply and Demand Landscape
This slide deck, presented at the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network International Annual General Meeting in October 2024, describes updated results from a study to… Read more »
Africa: Strengthening Cross-Border Surveillance and Information Sharing in Africa
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November 05, 2024
Africa: Africa CDC Recommendations on Covid-19 Sub-Variant XEC
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November 01, 2024
Africa: The Change in African Vaccine Manufacturing Landscape
New analysis from Africa CDC, CHAI, and PATH could inform future pathways Read more »
October 31, 2024
Africa: Statement On Antigen Rapid Tests for Mpox Diagnosis, 30 October 2024
No Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) has demonstrated the minimum requirement for mpox testing Read more »
October 29, 2024
Africa: Inaugural Global Surveillance Summit 2024, Cape Town, South Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in partnership with the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) will host the inaugural Global… Read more »
October 16, 2024
Africa: EU Provides €20 Million Additional Funding Towards the Africa CDC-Who Mpox Preparedness and Response Plan
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, has announced an additional €20 million funding towards the fight against Mpox outbreak in the… Read more »
October 11, 2024
Africa: The New Public Health Order At the Pan African Parliament
The 12th Annual Conference of Speakers of National and Regional Parliament hosted by the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa, was a landmark event, that brought… Read more »
Africa: Two-Dose Strategy and Targeted Interventions Drive Mpox Campaign
The Mpox vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) began on October 4, with Africa CDC Director General Dr Jean Kaseya emphasising the importance of two… Read more »
October 10, 2024
Africa: AMR in Focus At Africa's First One Health Congress
Cape Town hosted the first World One Health Congress in Africa, where Africa CDC led a well-attended side event on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a rapidly growing health threat… Read more »
Africa: Africa CDC Strengthens Laboratory Capacity for Mpox and Other Outbreaks in Burundi
Africa CDC continues to support Mpox response in Africa through the strengthening of diagnostic capacity, surveillance, case detection and management, contact tracing, Infection… Read more »
Africa: Community Health Plan for Tanzania Needs $360m for Expansion
A five-year plan for Tanzania requires a total of $360m for a phased implementation of the Integrated and Coordinated Community Health Workers program to advance the achievement of… Read more »
Africa: Rwanda Launches Event-Based Surveillance Guidelines
The Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) has introduced a new set of Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) guidelines designed to enhance the country's public health response amidst the ongoing… Read more »
Africa: Empowering Africa's Public Health Laboratory Workforce Helps to Advance Outbreak Investigation
Upskilling public health laboratory scientists with cutting-edge molecular diagnostic capabilities for rapidly and accurately detecting current and future infectious disease… Read more »
Africa: Central African Countries Strengthen Effective Response to Health Emergencies
A year after the regional meeting held in Burundi in 2023, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) continues to advocate for and to review the progress… Read more »
October 09, 2024
Africa: Global Campaign Launched to Prioritise the Mental Health of Health Professionals On World Mental Health Day
This World Mental Health Day, United for Global Mental Health, Africa CDC, the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and the International Federation of Medical Students'… Read more »
October 08, 2024
Africa: Don't Ban Travel to Mpox, Marburg-Hit Countries - Africa CDC
In light of the ongoing Mpox and Marburg virus outbreaks, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) urges all countries to refrain from implementing travel… Read more »
October 01, 2024
Africa: Weekly Special Press Briefing On the Mpox Outbreak and Other Health Emergencies in Africa
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Africa: Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak in Rwanda
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Rwanda declared a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak on 27 September 2024. As of 30 September, 27 confirmed cases and 9 deaths have been… Read more »
September 23, 2024
Africa: Africa CDC Discusses Challenges of Mpox Outbreak
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