Addis Ababa — A special moment at Africa CDC today as we welcomed Dr. Senait Fisseha, Vice President of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. During her visit, Africa CDC unveiled a surprise statue in her honour, recognising her leadership, partnership and longstanding commitment to strengthening African institutions and advancing health across the…
The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 5, 2026, is only the second CDC director to face Senate confirmation. Congress adopted the process for the agency after the COVID-19 pandemic to bring more scrutiny to one of the country’s most consequential public…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow up, access to care, support for frontline health workers and faster delivery of resources…
The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr Jean Kaseya, has commended Ghana for implementing the Free Primary Healthcare System. He described it as a model for expanding access to care across the continent. He said the policy had significantly broadened access to healthcare, particularly in rural and underserved…
“Act now or pay a much higher price later.” The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has yet to reach its peak, but treatment centres are already at saturation point, with health officials warning that far greater urgency is needed to contain the virus. Since the outbreak was first declared…
Ethiopia — TANZANIA and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have stepped up efforts to reshape primary healthcare financing, with a new push focused on expanding investment in community based health systems across the continent. The discussions in Ethiopia placed primary healthcare at the centre of strategies to achieve Universal Health Coverage and…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a joint continental preparedness and response plan on the ongoing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus. The plan aims to raise US$ 518 million to support African countries together with partners to prepare for, rapidly detect…
Liberia is set to host a major continental public health initiative this week as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention partners with regional laboratory and health institutions for the 11th CelebrateLAB® West Africa Conference in Monrovia. The conference, scheduled for May 26-27 at the EJS Ministerial Complex, will bring together laboratory scientists, researchers,…
African health leaders and development partners have renewed calls for Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) to be entrenched as a core component of health systems across the continent. They stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Continental SBC Costing and Institutionalisation Workshop, where the Africa CDC and its partners stressed that sustainable financing for…
An American doctor working with a medical missionary organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the missionary group said Monday. The individual was being taken to Germany for treatment, the CDC said. There have been at least 131 deaths and 513 suspected…
