Africa CDC Endorses First Locally Made Mpox Diagnostic Test
1 day ago · The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has approved the first locally-made diagnostic test for mpox, as the agency aims to stem outbreaks of the lethal disease on the continent.
News – Africa CDC
Nov 8, 2024 · Africa CDC strengthens the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions as well as partnerships to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks, based on data-driven interventions and programmes.
The change in African vaccine manufacturing landscape – Africa CDC
Nov 1, 2024 · New analysis from Africa CDC, CHAI, and PATH could inform future pathways. Africa has long relied on other parts of the world for its vaccine supply. This unfair global health system creates barriers to access and exposes the continent to threats like the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as more recent zoonotic disease outbreaks like Mpox and Marburg.
Africa requires skills to plug gaps in diagnostic capacity and …
Nov 8, 2024 · Africa has increased technical capacity for diagnosing infectious diseases since the COVID-19 epidemic but with ongoing outbreaks of diseases there is an urgent need to address the gaps in diagnostic capacity and disease surveillance says new research published in the journal, Frontiers Public Health. Africa Centres for Disease Control and …
WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
Sep 6, 2024 · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox, three weeks after WHO declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.
Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll ...
Sep 12, 2024 · The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in a week, a toll the agency's director-general described as “not acceptable.”
Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a ... - Associated Press News
Aug 27, 2024 · Eighty-one deaths from mpox were reported in Africa in the past week, bringing the total cases and deaths to 22,863 and 622, respectively, Dr. Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told an online briefing.
WHO and Africa CDC launch response plan to the mpox outbreak
Sep 6, 2024 · The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization on Friday launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox. The joint...
Africa CDC recommends first locally manufactured PCR test for …
1 day ago · ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has recommended the first locally manufactured real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test ...
Africa CDC Declares Mpox A Public Health Emergency of …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 Aug 2024 – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by …