Africa CDC

Spearheaded by the Africa Centres for Disease Control, a pooled procurement mechanism was agreed upon and signed at the just concluded African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa.

At a ceremony to mark the occasion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, recalled the story of the centre from its establishment in January 2016 to its autonomy in 2022 as the continental health agency of…

Africa CDC revised the framework and developed additional resources to guide the establishment and implementation of event-based surveillance using a multi-sectoral One Health approach.

Addis Ababa/Brazzaville/Kampala  – Ministers of Health and government representatives from 9 African countries today agreed on joint measures to stop the potential spread of the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda and beyond…

The African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and COVAX have urged international community  to make their donations to Africa in a manner that will allow countries to fully…

COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa , from multiple sources, are increasing rapidly after being virtually halted in recent months. Almost 4 million doses of the COVAX Mechanism arrived in Africa last week, compared to just 245,000 doses…

AU, Africa CDC, Afro Champions Initiative launch COVID-19  Respond Fund ECOWAS donates test kits, equipment, drugs to member states More recoveries for Cameroon Malawi confirms 1st COVID-19 death 10 year…