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African Union and the Africa CDC’s Africa Regulatory Taskforce has endorsed the Emergency Use Authorisation for COVID-19 Vaccine BIBP/ Sinopharm

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

24 September 2021. The vaccine has been authorized by the Chinese National Regulatory Authority (NRA) – the National Medicinal Product Administration (NMPA) – as well as other regulatory authorities. Because WHO has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the COVID-19 Vaccine BIBP/ Sinopharm, th... more

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African Union and the Africa CDC’s Africa Regulatory Taskforce has endorsed the Emergency Used Authorization for Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

7 June 2021 The Africa Regulatory Taskforce is a joint effort established by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) coordinated African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Initiative, and the World Health Organisat... more

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African Union and the Africa CDC’s Africa Regulatory Taskforce has endorsed the Emergency Use Authorisation of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine (Vero Cell [Inactivated]) – CoronaVac

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

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Non-communicable diseases, injuries, and mental ill-health in Africa: the role of the Africa CDC

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2022) C_CDC

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) was established in 2017, after the west Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak. Upon creation, the role of Africa CDC was to mandate strengthening of the capacity of public health institutions in Africa to prevent, detect, and respond ... more

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Expert and stakeholder virtual consultation meeting to develop the Africa CDC Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health Strategy

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C_CDC

Executive summary On 27th and 28th April 2021, the division of Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with Public Health England, organized a virtual consultative meeting as part of the consultations with Member States and partners for the development of the Africa CDC five years strategic ... more

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Nota Conceitual para o Consórcio do África CDC para Ensaios Clínicos para Vacina da COVID-19 (CONCVACT)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1

A Estratégia Conjunta Continental Africana para a COVID-19 é sustentada pela necessidade de limitar a transmissão, prevenir mortes e reduzir os danos associados. A participação das nações africanas em ensaios clínicos é um passo essencial para garantir que sejam gerados dados suficientes so... more

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CDC Safety Training Course for Healthcare Workers Going to West Africa in Response to the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014)

CDC course for volunteers going to Africa. Please find out mor infos on the CDC website

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Non-communicable diseases, injuries, and mental ill-health in Africa: the role of the Africa CDC 2023

Mohammed A. , Putnis N. et al. The Lancet Global Health (2023) CC2

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... more

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Centros de controle e prevenção de doenças de Àfrica (África CDC) protocolo para o reforço da vigilância de doenças respiratórias agudas e doenças associadas à gripe para o COVID-19 em África

Centros de controle e prevenção de doenças de Àfrica (África CDC); União Africa (2020) C_CDC

Março de 2020 O número de Estados Membros da União Africana a reportarem casos do COVID-19 está a aumentar e existe uma probabilidade de transmissão comunitária. A OMS modificou recentemente a definição de caso suspeito do COVID-19, de modo a incluir infecção respiratória aguda grave... more

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Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) in Africa – Resources

Africa CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1

To help increase continental testing efforts and reduce COVID-19 transmission in Africa, Africa CDC has launched the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT): Test, Trace, Treat. PACT will mobilize experts, community workers, supplies and other resources to TEST, TRACE and TREAT COVID-19 ca... more

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COVID-19 Orientações sobre a utilização de equipamentos de protecção individual para diferentes contextos e actividades clínicas

Africa CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC

O presente documento fornece orientações aos Estados-Membros da União Africana com base num pedido específico dos Estados-Membros de uma lista de controlo/orientação dos equipamentos de protecção individual (EPI) necessários aos profissionais de saúde e prestadores de cuidados para a pande... more

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Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) in Africa – Social media materials

Africa CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC

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Action Protocol for Enhanced SARI and ILI Surveillance for COVID-19 in Africa (Arabic)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C2

March 2020 The number of African Union Member States reporting COVID- 19 cases is increasing and there is a likelihood of community transmission. The WHO recently modified the COVID-19 suspect case definition to include severe acute respiratory infection and advises testing of all severe acute r... more

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Guidance on Infection Prevention among Contact Tracers in Africa
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC

Africa CDC will coordinate efforts to scale-up contact tracing by more than one million contact tracers. It is therefore critical that these contact tracers are adequately trained and equipped to avoid being infected.

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Africa Regulatory Taskforce has Endorsed the Emergency Used Listing for Two Versions of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2021) C1

AstraZeneca-SKBio in South Korea and Serum Institute of India

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Action Protocol for Enhanced SARI and ILI Surveillance for COVID-19 in Africa

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C2

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Guidance on Emergency Expedited Regulatory Authorisation and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1

Taking the whole of Africa approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to require coordinated efforts from multiple stakeholders from across the continent. Africa CDC would like to acknowledge the deep partnership and continued support of AUDA-NEPAD, AVAREF, WHO AFRO, the Bill a... more

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Monitoring and Evaluation of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test Rollout in Africa
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1

Limited coverage of laboratory services and long turnaround times from real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) for the detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been insufficient to meet the demands in many African countries in response... more

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Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (2025) CC

Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted structural vulnerabilities. This collapse is placing immense pressure on Africa’s already fragile health systems as ODA ...is seen as the backbone of critical health programs: pandemic preparedness, maternal and child health services, disease control programs are all at risk, threatening Sustainable Development Goal 3 and Universal Health Coverage. Compounding this is Africa’s spiraling debt, with countries expected to service USD 81 billion by 2025—surpassing anticipated external financing inflows—further eroding fiscal space for health investments. Level of domestic resources is low. TThe Abuja Declaration of 2001, a pivotal commitment made by African Union (AU) member states, aimed to reverse this trend by pledging to allocate at least 15% of national budgets to the health sector. However, more than two decades later, only three countries—Rwanda, Botswana, and Cabo Verde—have consistently met or exceeded this target (WHO, 2023). In contrast, over 30 AU member states remain well below the 10% benchmark, with some allocating as little as 5–7% of their national budgets to health. In addition, only 16 (29%) of African countries currently have updated versions of National Health Development Plan (NHDP) supported by a National Health Financing Plan (NHFP). These two documents play a critical role in driving internal resource mobilisation. At the same time, public health emergencies are surging, rising 41%—from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024—exposing severe under-resourcing of health infrastructure and workforce. Recurring outbreaks (Mpox, Ebola, cholera, measles, Marburg…) alongside effects of climate change and humanitarian crises in Eastern DRC, the Sahel, and Sudan, are overwhelming systems stretched by chronic underfunding. The situation is worsened by Africa’s heavy dependency with over 90% of vaccines, medicines, and diagnostics being externally sourced—leaving countries vulnerable to global supply chain shocks. Health worker shortages persist, with only 2.3 professionals per 1,000 people (below the WHO’s recommended 4.45), and fewer than 30% of systems are digitized, undermining disease surveillance and early warning. Without decisive action, Africa CDC projects the continent could reverse two decades of health progress, face 2 to 4 million additional preventable deaths annually, and a heightened risk of a pandemic emerging from within. Furthermore, 39 million more Africans could be pushed into poverty by 2030 due to intertwined health and economic shocks. This is not just a sectoral crisis—it is an existential threat to Africa’s political, social, and economic resilience, and global stability. In response, African leaders, under Africa CDC’s stewardship, are advancing a comprehensive three-pillar strategy centered on domestic resource mobilization, innovative financing, and blended finance. more

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African Union Member States COVID-19 Emergency Numbers (Hotlines)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C2

Accessed: 31.03.2020 French: ÉTATS MEMBRES DE L’UNION AFRICAINE NUMÉROS D’URGENCE DE LA COVID-19 (HOTLINES) - Centres africains de prévention et de contrôle des maladies Arabic: أرقام الطوارئ المخصصة للكوفيد-١٩ في الدول... more

Guidance on Infection Prevention among Contact Tracers in Africa recommended

Monitoring and Evaluation of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test Rollout in Africa recommended

Guidance on Infection Prevention among Contact Tracers in Africa
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Monitoring and Evaluation of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test Rollout in Africa
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