Tag: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Uganda announced the temporary closure of its border with the DRC late last month as part of efforts to curb ...

He said that laboratory tests had ruled out major viral haemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola, Marburg, Rift Valley fever, Yellow fever ...

Ms Edwin said that African heads of state and government recognised Kaseya for the achievement and leadership in advancing health ...

Africa CDC urged governments to prioritise locally manufactured vaccines, medicines and medical supplies in national procurement systems.

Vaccine sovereignty in Africa is no longer an abstract ambition. It is a process underway, grounded in Ubuntu and African ...

The African health organisation said that the study analysed more than 187,000 laboratory test results from 205 laboratories in 14 ...

He said Africa cannot achieve universal health coverage or pandemic preparedness without the ability to finance, produce, and govern its ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported in March that within just five weeks, from 27 January ...

He stressed that the establishment of the council is a crucial step in strengthening health security in West Africa

The NPHCDA says the vaccination drive aims to reach 4,750 individuals in five states.

Regrettably, many healthcare workers are inadequately compensated or not compensated at all within the majority of our member states

The Africa-CDC DG, Mr Kaseya, has said less than 1 per cent of vaccines, 5 per cent of diagnostics and ...

CPHIA is an annual conference organised by the Africa CDC that provides a unique African-led platform for leaders across the ...

According to WHO, Africa has fewer than ten vaccine manufacturing facilities in five countries: Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and ...

The organisers said the conference aims to build on conversations started at CPHIA 2021, which centres on building more resilient ...

...The target of the NVAP programme is to help countries identify, assess and track new variants of the novel coronavirus.

South Africa has the largest COVID-19 tally on the continent.

A total of 2,990,890 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent.

AfDB says the $27.4 million grant will boost AU’s efforts to mobilise continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

NCDC said out of the 199,016 COVID-19 sample tests conducted in the country, Lagos had conducted the highest number.

The Africa CDC also disclosed that the death toll from the pandemic surged to 13,519 as of the stated period.

About 29 per cent believe that COVID-19 can be contracted from any Chinese person in their country.

The country registered additional 59 new human causalities from the 2,150 deaths that were reported as of October 13.