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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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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Africa: Africa CDC Recommendations on Covid-19 Sub-Variant XEC

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Africa: The Change in African Vaccine Manufacturing Landscape

New analysis from Africa CDC, CHAI, and PATH could inform future pathways Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Africa CDC Discusses Challenges of Mpox Outbreak

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