Call for review of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes

The African CDC is calling on qualified healthcare providers, researchers, laboratory staff, or pharmacists with experience diagnosing infectious diseases and prescribing antimicrobial therapies to provide feedback back to the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes and to serve as members of an External Review Group. The External Review Group will be […]

COVID-19 cases in Africa to top 4 million, vaccine rollout underway

Africa is poised to surpass 4 million COVID-19 infections this week since the continent’s first confirmed case in February 2020. The year-long battle against the virus, which has also claimed over 106 000 lives, is now receiving a crucial boost with the arrival of vaccines through the COVAX Facility – a multi-partner vaccine procurement platform. […]

Countries gear-up to kick all forms of polio out of Africa, once and for all

To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in African countries, a modified vaccine, known as novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV) is now being rolled out. Africa made history on 25 August 2020with the African Region Certification Commission for Polio Eradication independently certifiing that the Region was free […]