Africa: Africa CDC Appoints His Excellency Prof. Yemi Osinbajo As Senior Strategic Advisor to the Director General

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has appointed H.E. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as… Read more »

Africa: Primary Healthcare Digital Transformation Gains AU and Partner Support

The vision of a digitally enabled primary healthcare system across Africa has taken one step forward as African Union Member States, United Nations agencies, development partners… Read more »

Africa: Right of Reply - Response to Africa Intelligence Article (30 March 2026)

This right of reply is submitted in response to the article published by Africa Intelligence on 30 March 2026. The article's framing is inaccurate, incomplete, and inconsistent… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Rolls Out Continental Spark-NCDs Programme As Noncommunicable Diseases Rise Across Africa

Nearly 2 million Africans die prematurely each year from complications related to hypertension and diabetes alone, and only an estimated10-20% of those living with these conditions… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Announces 2026 Cohort of Young Digital Health Champions

The Youth Digital Health Network (YiDHN), a strategic initiative of Africa CDC's Youth Division, has announced the 2026 Cohort of Young Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC),… Read more »

Africa: Landmark Summit Elevates Fungal Diseases to a Public Health Priority in Africa

Africa's first summit dedicated to fungal diseases concluded with a multi-stakeholder commitment to strengthen surveillance, capacity building, access to diagnostics and treatment… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC and ECDC Strengthen Their Joint Commitment to Global Health Security MOU Signing Deepens an Intercontinental Partnership

Today, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) signed their first Memorandum of… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC and Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) Sign Cooperation Agreement to Strengthen Global Health Security

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to strengthen… Read more »

Africa: Multilateral Cooperation for a Reformed Global Health Ecosystem

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 14 February 2026 Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Weekly Brief | 16 - 22 February 2026

Alignment, Not Overlap: Africa CDC and AMA Strengthen Coordinated Action Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Statement On the Outcomes of the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly

Date: 20 February 2026Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC and FHI 360 Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Health Security and Advance Africa's Health Sovereignty

18 February 2026 - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and FHI 360 today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in… Read more »

Africa: Investing in the Health Workforce, Community Health and Sustainable Immunization Programmes

AT THE 39TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Call to Scale Up Health Workforce, Commit to Deploy Two Million Community Health Workers By 2030

African Union (AU) Ministers of Health and Finance, together with Heads of Delegation, have called for urgent and sustained investment in Africa's health workforce, including to… Read more »

Africa: Presidential Declaration On Advancing Local Manufacturing of Health Products in Africa

On the margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Read more »

Africa: UNFPA and Africa CDC Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Health and Innovation Across Africa

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Opens First Medical Supplies Warehouse to Boost Public Health Emergency Response

02 February 2026 - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has opened its first dedicated warehouse, marking a major milestone in strengthening the… Read more »

Africa: Communiqué - Continental Immunization Strategy Adoption

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Africa: African Union Health Workforce Task Team (HWTT)

The African Union Health Workforce Task Team (HWTT) is the continental coordination and delivery mechanism established to advance Africa's health workforce reform agenda and… Read more »

Africa: Financing Africa's Health Security and Sovereignty

A Health Financing Reform Handbook for African Union Member States. Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Establishes Central Data Repository to Strengthen Public Health Surveillance

A new Central Data Repository (CDR) launched by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) aims to strengthen how public health data is integrated, analysed… Read more »

Africa: Lifting of Mpox As a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (Phecs)

Today marks a significant milestone in Africa's collective journey toward strengthened health security. Following the recommendation of the Africa CDC Emergency Consultative Group… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Guidance for Any Clinical Trial to Be Conducted in Africa

Africa CDC has defined a comprehensive, Africa-relevant checklist of conditionalities that an external company (sponsor) must meet to conduct a vaccine clinical trial in an African… Read more »

Africa: Call for Applications - Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)

About the DSMB Training Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Secures Strategic Partnership With Informa Markets to Scale Cphia and Other Flagship Events

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Informa Markets, a London-listed global leader in events and… Read more »