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Aug 21, 2025 - Introduction 1- In response to the growing complexity of health threats across the continent, the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government, through...

Aug 29, 2025 - Cholera remains a major public health challenge in Africa, accounting for about 82% of global cases and 93.5% of cholera-related deaths. The burden falls...

Mar 6, 2025 - Supporting aspirational public health leaders from Africa in acquiring advanced skills and competencies to strategize, manage and lead public health programmes...

Nov 24, 2025 - Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative...

Dec 8, 2023 - Accra, Ghana, 8th December 2023 – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has welcomed the announcement from The Global Vaccine...

Sep 4, 2025 - Highlighting how collaborative public health action strengthens Africa’s resilience and saves lives across the continent.

Aug 19, 2025 - Africa CDC has zero tolerance for misconduct in its programs and operations and seeks to be proactive in addressing any problems arising from project...

Nov 5, 2024 - Situation SummaryCOVID-19 continues to spread globally and is dominated by descendant sub-variants of the SARS-COV-2 Omicron Variant. The main sub-variants of...

Oct 25, 2019 - Africa CDC is supporting the institution of patient-centred integrated point-of-care diagnostic testing for syndromic management and surveillance at the...

Jul 9, 2024 - Supporting Member States to develop and implement comprehensive, regularly tested preparedness and response plans.

Aug 14, 2024 - Assisting African Union Member States in developing a surveillance workforce that can handle national surveillance responsibilities.

Oct 8, 2025 - Enhancing the affordability, availability, and equitable access to essential medical supplies across all AU Member States

Jul 8, 2024 - Africa CDC works in the following strategic areas

Aug 14, 2023 - The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity participated in an Africa CDC/African Union workshop, “Non-Communicable Diseases, Injuries, and...

May 14, 2025 - About the DSMB Training The training aims to expand the pool of qualified data safety monitoring board (DSMB) members by upscaling the availability of trained...

Jul 8, 2024 - A continental autonomous health agency of the African Union established to support public health initiatives of Member States and strengthen the capacity of...

Sep 21, 2022 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In response to the outbreak, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has been supporting African Union Member...

Nov 25, 2020 - In partnership with the Pandemic Action Network, the African Union Office of the Youth Envoy, African Youth Front on Coronavirus, Resolve to Save Lives, and...

Nov 7, 2023 - Outbreak Update: As of 10 January 2023, a total of 659,108,952 COVID-19 cases and 6,684,756 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1%) have been reported globally...

Oct 14, 2022 - Introduction Tiered public health and social measures (PHSM) systems are a core component of effective COVID-19 preparedness, response and risk communication....

Jul 8, 2024 - Download Africa CDC documents, resources and toolkits

Oct 7, 2025 - Official Africa CDC Brand Guidelines detailing visual identity rules, logo usage, color palette, and alignment with the African Union’s corporate identity

Oct 25, 2019 - Africa CDC supports Member States to develop and establish high-quality information and technology systems.

Oct 8, 2025 - Excellence in Procurement and Supply Chain at the Africa CDC

Jul 12, 2024 - Press releases and media about COVID-19 from Africa CDC​

Jul 8, 2024 - Strengthening public health science and improving public health decision-making and practice to achieve positive health outcomes

Mar 24, 2023 - The RCCs serve as hubs for Africa CDC surveillance, preparedness and emergency response activities and coordinate regional public health initiatives by Member...

Feb 17, 2026 - Africa CDC strengthens the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions as well as partnerships to detect and respond quickly and effectively...

Jul 8, 2024 - Establishing and strengthening capacity of Member States to prevent and control endemic diseases, neglected tropical diseases, and non-communicable diseases,...

Sep 12, 2025 - Background Since the beginning of 2025, a total of 73,806 cholera cases and 490 deaths (CFR: 0.66%) have been reported across 22 African Union Member States....

Sep 25, 2024 - On 13 August 2024, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental...

Jul 8, 2024 - Available resources on the development of the COVID-19 disease in Africa

Jul 8, 2024 - Coordinating and integrating public health laboratory, surveillance and emergency response assets to effectively support prevention, rapid detection and...

Nov 2, 2021 - Latest updates on the COVID-19 crisis from Africa CDC

Jul 9, 2024 - Africa CDC | Mastercard Foundation | Saving Lives and Livelihoods – Kajiado Kitui Visits

Apr 15, 2025 - Executive Summary On August 13, 2024, the Africa CDC declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). The following day, the WHO...

Nov 2, 2021 - This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,197 people conducted in September 2021, alongside local epidemiological and secondary data. The...

Oct 7, 2025 - Africa CDC Institutes which strengthen Africa’s public health capacity through genomic surveillance, training, outbreak response, and institutional...

Jul 9, 2024 - Strengthening the public health workforce in Africa through training of public health professionals working at National Public Health Institutes, Ministries of...

Jul 8, 2024 - A flagship initiative of the Africa CDC to build and strengthen a resilient, integrated, proactive, and sustainable molecular diagnostic, genomic surveillance...

Feb 17, 2021 - 1. Introduction On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new type of Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes COVID-19...

Oct 16, 2023 - The Regional Integrated Surveillance and Laboratory Network (RISLNET) was established by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to...

Jul 8, 2024 - Offering a unique environment for hiring and nurturing young and experienced talent, in an inclusive culture that supports professional growth through...