The strategy recommends that AU Member States should enhance, where feasible, existing COVID-19 surveillance to include:
    Community-based surveillance to detect symptomatic cases early for treatment and to avert viral transmission;
    Sentinel surveillance in high-risk populations to detect ...and track both presymptomatic and asymptomatic cases; and
    Wastewater surveillance to monitor early environmental signs of virus transmission and identify communities where targeted interventions can be implemented to decrease transmission.
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This document provides a high-level mapping of outbreak stages with guidance on how to time the minimum uptake of different interventions that have been recommended by Africa CDC, driven by evidence and science.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Ensure effective and coordinated public health emergency preparedness and response using a One Health approach
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Biosafety involves the implementation of containment principles, technologies and practices to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents. Biosecurity involves the protection, control and accountability of biological materials and information related to these materials and dualuse research,... to prevent their unauthorized access, loss, theft, misuse, diversion or intentional release.
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                                                                ASLM in collaboration with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and in partnership with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Amref and Last Mile Health present the Quality Assurance Framework for SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Testing for Diagnosis of COVID-19. This framework aims to pr...ovide general technical guidance to African Union Members States on the rollout, establishment, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 Ag RDT interventions so as to effectively and efficiently detect, control and minimise errors in the performance of COVID-19 laboratory testing processes. It describes the core components for quality assurance, resources mobilisation and advocacy for scale up, monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability for SARS-CoV-2 implementation.
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                                                                The article "Non-communicable diseases, injuries, and mental ill-health in Africa: the role of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention" examines the role of the Africa CDC in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), injuries, and mental health across the continent. It highlights ho...w Africa CDC, originally focused on communicable disease response, has expanded its mandate to include NCDs and mental health, driven by the high mortality and morbidity associated with these conditions.
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                                                                In 2007, WHO warned that infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging at a rate that has not been seen before. The potential for infectious diseases to spread rapidly results in high morbidity and mortality, causing a potential global public health treat of major concern.
Several factors are ...contributing to the (re)emergence of infectious diseases such as population growth, living in close contact with animals, frequent travelling, poverty, destructive ecological changes due to economic development and land use and climate change result in global warming.
Especially Africa is at a threat for (re)emerging infectious diseases due to the huge population growth (expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050) with rapid urbanisation. Additionally, people across and beyond the continent are excessively mobile which is combined with a weak health system. Moreover, the risk of (re)emerging infectious disease is further heightened by three newly adopted continental initiatives: African Continental Free Trade Area, Free Movement of Persons and African Passport and Single African Air Transport Market.
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This document provides guidance to Ministries of Health (MOHs), laboratory personnel and implementing partners in African Union Member States on the application of rapid antigen tests to COVID-19 testing. The guidance serves as reference for policymakers, laboratory leads, implementing... partners, and experts on use case scenarios and associated testing algorithms for COVID-19 antigen tests. It recommends the use of antigen tests to increase access to testing and enable timely results for persons with or without symptoms in specific settings. The document will be reviewed and updated as more evidence becomes available regarding the use of rapid antigen tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from global studies and evaluation efforts.
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                                                                This bi-weekly brief details the latest developments in scientific knowledge and public health policy from around the world as well as updates to the COVID-19-related guidance from Africa CDC, WHO and other public health agencies.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                    The Government of Liberia (GoL) reports three additional EVD cases linked to the Margibi County cluster, including one in Liberia’s Montserrado County; new confirmed case total reaches six
    Recently extended Operation Northern Push strengthens contact tracing and EVD prevention activities ...in Sierra Leone
    The Government of Guinea (GoG) and EVD response actors investigate source of infection for EVD-positive nurse in Forécariah Prefecture, the area’s first confirmed case among health care workers since March
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                                                                Participant Manual September 2012
Surveillance of Populations at High Risk for HIV Transmission
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
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                                                                Participant Manual
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                                                                This is only the cover of the book. Download the whole Toolkit at: www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/Refugee/  
Understanding the reproductive health needs of conflict-affected women will enable organizations to implement and enhance programs and services to improve the health of women and their fam...ilies. The Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit (RHA) for Conflict-Affected Women provides user-friendly tools to quantitatively assess the reproductive health needs of conflict-affected women aged 15–49 years. The RHA Toolkit enables field staff to collect data to inform program planning, monitoring, evaluation, and advocacy. It promotes using the collected data to enhance services and improve the reproductive health of women and their families.
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                                                                The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship initiatives to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies. They are the r...esult of extensive consultations with more than 30 African government ministers, technical actors, and partners across the continent as well as regional institutions such as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), whose contributions have shaped the priority activities. This report provides the fourth quarterly summary of progress in implementing the flagship initiatives.
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                                                                The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship programmes to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies. They are the re...sult of extensive consultations with more than 30 African government ministers, technical actors, partners across the continent as well as regional institutions such as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), whose contributions have shaped the priority activities. This report provides the second quarterly summary of progress in implementing the flagship programmes.
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                                                                Le cadre de surveillance basé sur les événements est destiné à être utilisé par les autorités et les 
agences responsables de la surveillance et de l'intervention. Ce cadre sert de cadre pour guider les 
parties prenantes intéressées par la mise en œuvre de la surveillance basée sur le...s événements (SBÈ) 
en utilisant une approche multisectorielle axée sur l'approche « Une seule santé ». À cette fin, le 
document est organisé en chapitres et annexes interconnectés qui peuvent être modifiés et adaptés, 
selon les besoins, par les utilisateurs. 
Il s'agit d'une version révisée du « Cadre pour la surveillance basée sur les événements » original qui 
a été publié en 2018. Ce cadre ne remplace aucun autre matériel SBÈ disponible, mais s'appuie plutôt 
sur des documents pertinents ou connexes existants et sert de guide pratique pour la mise en œuvre 
de l'SBÈ en Afrique. Ce cadre est conforme à la troisième édition de l'évaluation externe conjointe de 
l'OMS pour les indicateurs suivants : systèmes d'alerte précoce renforcés capables de détecter les 
événements importants pour la santé publique et la sécurité sanitaire (indicateur D2.1) ; amélioration 
de la communication et de la collaboration entre les secteurs et entre les niveaux d'autorité nationaux, 
intermédiaires et locaux d'intervention en matière de santé publique en matière de surveillance des 
événements importants pour la santé publique (indicateur D2.2) ; et amélioration de la capacité 
d'analyse des données aux niveaux national et intermédiaire ( Indicateur D2.3). Au fur et à mesure 
que les pays commenceront à mettre en œuvre et à démontrer la fonctionnalité SBÈ, ils garantiront 
une augmentation des scores EEC et des progrès vers le respect des exigences décrites dans l'RSI 
(Règlement sanitaire international).
En outre, dans les États membres de l'Union africaine qui ont adopté la Surveillance et réponse 
intégrées aux maladies (SRIM), ce document complète et peut améliorer la mise en œuvre de l'SRIM, 
en particulier pour la 3e édition (2019) qui inclut des composants liés à l'SBÈ.
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                                                                March 2025. Access to appropriate, quality-assured diagnostics remains a challenge. There is limited information on key characteristics of available test kits, including their performance, reliability, and ability to detect relevant Mpox clades. Additionally, the lack of multiplex diagnostic tools c...apable of distinguishing Mpox from other pathogens with similar clinical presentations further complicates case detection and response efforts.
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