RWANDA – Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), focused on strengthening African manufacturing of…
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Second edition of International Conference on Public Health in Africa kicks off in Rwanda
RWANDA – The 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022) has kicked off at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda. The conference aims to build on conversations…
Read MorePublic health officials convene at Africa CDC to prepare for future outbreaks
ETHIOPIA – Public health officials, experts, researchers, and scientists around Africa will this week gather at a major conference at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa CDC…
Read MoreKorea government set to donate first batch of Mpox vaccine to Africa
AFRICA – The government of the Republic of Korea, through Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), is set to donate the first batch of the Mpox vaccine to Africa…
Read MoreAfrica CDC launches workshop on revised COVID-19 testing and surveillance Strategy
GHANA – Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a Consultative Workshop on Revised COVID-19 Testing and Surveillance Strategy: Transitioning from Emergency Response to Integration into…
Read MoreAfrica CDC partners Mastercard Foundation to roll out COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Southern Africa
ZAMBIA – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Mastercard Foundation have rolled out a large-scale, multi-country COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Southern Africa under the Saving…
Read MoreFIND, ASLM, Africa CDC partner to accelerate access to essential diagnostics
SENEGAL – The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, have teamed up with an…
Read MoreAfrica CDC announces new framework document to bolster mortality surveillance
ETHIOPIA – The Republic of Zambia, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Africa Union Commission have launched the Continental Framework for Strengthening Mortality Surveillance in…
Read MoreAfrican health ministers push for joint measures to contain the Ebola outbreak in Uganda
ETHIOPIA – African Union (AU) Ministers of Health have agreed on joint measures to stop the potential spread of the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda and beyond its borders.…
Read MoreAfrican manufacturers introduce procurement limit for global vaccine-purchasing mechanisms
AFRICA – African manufacturers have called upon global vaccine-purchasing mechanisms to purchase a minimum of 30% of their vaccines in line with Africa’s New Public Health Order. The resolution follows…
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