Africa: AU and EU Strengthen Their Health Partnership, Launch Initiatives Under Global Gateway

The African Union and the European Commission, working through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), continue to scale up their health partnership… Read more »

Africa: AU and EU Reinforce Their Health Partnership | Launch of Three New Initiatives At Africa CDC

Keynote speakers: Director General of Africa CDC, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Minister of Health of Ethiopia Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC, WHO and Partners Review Progress On Mpox Response

Africa is strengthening its response to disease outbreaks through faster, more coordinated and more predictable action, building on lessons from the continental Incident Management… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Welcomes AU Recognition of Director General Dr Jean Kaseya for Exceptional Achievement

Africa CDC welcomes the recognition of its Director General, H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, by the AU Commission Chairperson, on behalf of African Heads of State and Government, for his… Read more »

Africa: Senior Appointments - Advancing Health Security, Systems Strengthening and Innovation

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new group of senior leaders to reinforce the institution's capacity… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Secures Over U.S.$250 Million to Advance Africa's Global Health Security Agenda At the Lyon One Health Summit in Lyon (France)

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) welcomes the outcomes of the One Health Summit held in Lyon, France, that affirms a decisive shift: Africa is no… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Appoints Benedict Oramah, Christoph Benn, Troy Fitrell, and Pierre Delsaux As Senior Advisors to Accelerate the Implementation of Africa Health Security and Sovereignty

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Troy Fitrell (USA) as Senior Advisor on International Cooperation,… Read more »

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

PREAMBLE Read more »