Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and partners review ecosystem Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has hosted lead partners of Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) for review of vaccine manufacturing ecosystem in Africa The meeting, which took place from …
Read More »Africa CDC helps Equatorial Guinea respond to Marburg virus outbreak
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced the deployment of a team of experts in Equatorial Guinea to help the country respond to a Marburg virus disease outbreak. The announcement came after the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare …
Read More »Africa aims to locally produce 60 pct of vaccines it needs by 2040
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reiterated its ambition of manufacturing 60 percent of the vaccine doses required on the continent by 2040. The Africa CDC, the specialized public health agency of the African Union, made the reiteration as …
Read More »African health ministers meet in Uganda over Ebola outbreak
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health ministers from 11 African countries are meeting in Uganda over the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in the East African country. The ministers are discussing cross-border collaboration for preparedness and response to the Ebola disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) …
Read More »Africa CDC calls for enhanced Ebola virus surveillance, control measures in Uganda
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), has called on Ugandan authorities to intensify surveillance and control measures as the country reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease. The Africa CDC made the call …
Read More »African countries report 2,101 monkeypox cases, 75 related deaths
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The African continent has so far reported 2,101 monkeypox cases and 75 people have died due to the virus across the continent since the beginning of 2022, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) disclosed. Out of the 2,101 monkeypox cases that …
Read More »Africa CDC calls for boosting surveillance, contact tracing against monkeypox
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) on Monday recommended its members to boost surveillance and contact tracing efforts against monkeypox disease. In a press release, Africa CDC called on African states to strengthen laboratory diagnostic capacities and genomic sequencing capacity for monkeypox. The …
Read More »Twelve African countries report 1,782 cases of monkeypox: Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Twelve African countries have so far reported 1,782 cases of monkeypox, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has disclosed. Out of the 1,782 cases of monkeypox that have been reported in Africa, some 1,678 of them are being suspected while 104 …
Read More »Africa CDC urges countries to remain vigilant against monkeypox
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis belonging to the Poxviridae family, the same viral family that caused smallpox Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called on African countries to remain vigilant against the spread of the monkeypox virus. The Africa CDC …
Read More »Africa CDC warns spike in monkeypox cases
Monkeypox has emerged as the most prevalent orthopoxvirus infection in humans Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) warned monkeypox cases are increasing across the African continent. Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of Africa CDC, while addressing journalists in his period briefing on Thursday, said …
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