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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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SARS-CoV-2 bei Migrant*innen und geflüchteten Menschen

Kompetenznetz Public Health COVID-19 (2021) CC

Der Policy Brief des Kompetenznetz Public Health COVID-19 befasst sich mit der empirischen Evidenz zu SARS-Cov-2 bei Migrant*innen und geflüchteten Menschen und leitet hieraus Handlungsempfehlungen ab. Eine Kernbotschaft des Papiers ist, dass das Risiko von SARS-CoV-2 Neuinfektionen unter Migrant*i... more

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Programme régional de formation et de certification pour les professionnels de la biosécurité et de la biosûreté

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1

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,... more

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Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) Framework for Action

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) CC

The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union together have called for a New Public Health Order which will safeguard the health and economic security of the continent as it strives to meet the aspirations of the Agenda 2063. A key pillar of this mandate seeks to expan... more

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Formação e certificação para profissionais de biossegurança e bioproteção

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1

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El programa regional de capacitación y certificación de profesionales en bioseguridad y bioprotección

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1

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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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National Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Liberia

Ministry of Health, Liberia, World Health Organization (WHO), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2021) C_WHO

3rd edition

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Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2020-2019 data

World Health Organization; European Centre for disease prevention and Control (2021) C_WHO

Surveillance Report

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Country Office Annual Report 2022 Namibia-Update on the context and situation of children

UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

In 2022, Namibia had an estimated population of 2.6 million people, where 51 per cent per cent are females and 52.5 per cent of households in urban areas, with fast-growing urban informal settlements which lack access to basic services. Namibia has a young population; 42 per cent are children (0-17 ... more

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Investment in Nursing Professionals in the Region of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO

Nurses are key players in health promotion and disease prevention and the backbone of health care systems worldwide. Nurses work on the front lines of disease prevention, health promotion, and health management and are often the unsung heroes in health care facilities and emergency response. Despite... more

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World Health Organization strategy (‎2022-2026)‎ for the National Action Plan for Health Security

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This strategy defines the World Health Organization (WHO) vision and framework for supporting Member States to accelerate the development, implementation and monitoring of their National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) from 2022 to 2026. The National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) ... more

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Laboratory testing for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in suspected human cases
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The purpose of this document is to provide interim guidance to laboratories and stakeholders involved in laboratory testing of patients who meet the definition of suspected case of pneumonia associated with a novel coronavirus identified in Wuhan, China. 19 March 2020

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Формування порядку денного щодо інсульту в Україні: аналіз ситуації станом на 2021 рік

World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Допомога при інсульті є пріоритетом в Україні. Рівень смертності від інсульту є вищим, ніж у більшості Європейських країн. За підрахунками в Україні щороку перено... more

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A situational analysis of programmatic management of TB preventive treatment in the WHO South-East Asia Region

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Tuberculosis (TB) prevention is essential for reaching the End TB targets in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of World Health Organization (WHO)1. The targets of 80% reduction in TB incidence rate and 90% reduction in TB mortality by 2030 (compared to 2015 levels) can be achieved only with addition... more

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Orientações sobre o uso de máscaras na comunidade, durante o atendimento domiciliar e em estabelecimentos de saúde no contexto do novo surto de coronavírus (2019-nCoV)

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), OPS (2020) C1

19 de março de 2020. Introdução Este documento fornece orientações rápidas sobre o uso de máscaras médicas em comunidades, em domicílios e em unidades de saúde em áreas que relataram surtos causados pelo novo coronavírus de 2019 (2019-nCoV). Destina-se a profissionais de saúde pública ... more

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ДОКЛАД О ПОЛОЖЕНИИ ДЕЛ В МИРЕ В ОБЛАСТИ ПРОФИЛАКТИКИ НАСИЛИЯ В ОТНОШЕНИИ ДЕТЕЙ 2020 Г.

UNICEF; WHO; et al. (2020) C_UNICEF

The Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 - Russian Цель доклада состоит в том, чтобы документально установить в какой степени государства выполняют следующие виды деяте�... more

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Invertir en el personal de enfermería en la Región de las Américas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO

El personal de enfermería desempeña un papel fundamental en la promoción de la salud y la prevención de enfermedades, y es uno de los grandes pilares del sistema de atención de salud. No obstante, la escasez de recursos humanos que afecta al sector en todo el mundo repercute en la calidad de lo... more

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National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination in Bangladesh: 2021-2025

National Malaria Elimination Programme - Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health & Family Welfare - Government of Bangladesh (2021) C2

The National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination 2021–2025 outlines Bangladesh’s roadmap to achieve zero indigenous malaria cases by 2030, with an interim goal to reduce transmission to near-zero levels by 2025. The strategy builds upon earlier successes in malaria control and shifts focus to... more

Laboratory testing for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in suspected human cases recommended

Laboratory testing for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in suspected human cases
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