Addis Ababa, 1 December 2025 – Ethiopia has unveiled its fourth National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), reaffirming its commitment to tackling this pressing global health threat. The...
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Africa CDC Unveils a New Vision for Health Security and Sovereignty Across the Continent
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) today unveiled a renewed vision for Africa’s Health Security and Sovereignty (AHSS) Agenda to...
Africa CDC Welcomes Pandemic Fund Allocations and Strengthened Support for African Preparedness
Addis Ababa, 20 November 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) participated in the Pandemic Fund (PF) Board Meeting held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 17–19 November...
Africa CDC Statement on Confirmed Marburg Virus Disease in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 November 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) acknowledges the confirmation by the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the...
Africa CDC Launches Operational Research on Malaria in Southern Africa
Lusaka, Zambia | 12 November 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched operational research on malaria in Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe, supported by a...
Africa CDC Statement on Suspected Viral Haemorrhagic Fever in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia
13 November 2025, Addis Ababa – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is closely monitoring reports of a suspected viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) in Jinka, Southern...
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Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, 6 November 2025
Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas:...
Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B by 2030
The mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and the hepatitis B virus remains a serious public health threat. Millions globally are living with HIV, with a significant proportion in Africa...
Home-Based Care: A COVID-19 Era Strategy Helps Fight Mpox
As mpox continues to affect communities across 26 African countries, health officials are turning to familiar strategies to manage the caseload. One such approach, home-based care, is being adapted...
Solar-Powered Refrigerators Keep Vaccines Safe in Rural Uganda
What began as a massive expansion of cold chain space required to accommodate both COVID-19 vaccines and routine immunisation programmes continues today. Now, it is curbing high levels of vaccine...
Africa CDC Mobilises Emergency Public-Health Response After Hospital Attack in Sudan
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 November 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is currently dispatching critical medical commodities and supplies following the 28 October...
Roadmap for the Implementation of Malaria Genomic Surveillance in Africa
Executive Summary Africa bears the world’s most significant malaria burden in terms of both cases and deaths. Despite considerable progress over the past few decades, the drive toward malaria...
Africa CDC Strengthens Mpox Response through Additional Vaccine Support from Bavarian Nordic
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | October 28, 2025 – Africa CDC has received an additional donation of 110,000 doses of mpox vaccines from Bavarian Nordic to support the ongoing response to the mpox outbreak...
A New Day for Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Africa CDC Calls for Urgent Action at UN
New York, 23 September 2025 – Africa’s health agency has called for urgent action on sickle cell disease, warning that most of the 300,000 babies born with the condition each year on the continent...
Africa CDC to boost NCD Surveillance across 10 countries in East and Southern Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has partnered with the Novo Nordisk Foundation, a Danish enterprise Foundation, to strengthening public health workforce capacity...
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Enhancing Cholera Detection and Surveillance in Africa
Background Since the beginning of 2025, a total of 73,806 cholera cases and 490 deaths (CFR: 0.66%) have been reported across 22 African Union Member States. In comparison, 2024 saw 169,801 cases and...
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Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, 14 September 2025
Welcome to our Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, your trusted source for real-time updates on priority events of concern on the continent. The narrative brought to you focuses on three main areas:...
Mpox Still a Continental Emergency, Africa CDC Advisory Group Recommends
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 4 September 2025 — The Emergency Consultative Group (ECG), which advises the Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on mpox,...
New Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 4 September 2025 — A sixteenth outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Kasai province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), government officials announced...
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Mid-Year Brief: Multi-Country Cholera Outbreak in Africa (1 January – 31 July 2025)
Background Over the past decade, cholera has re-emerged as a persistent and escalating public health threat across African Union (AU) Member States (MS). Between 2014 and 2024, cholera cases reported...