africa CDC Stories
The signing underscores a shared commitment by UNAIDS and Africa CDC to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and building a healthier, more res...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define febrile seizures as convulsions triggered by fever in children. They are typically brief a...
Medical Services Principal Secretary Ouma Oluga said millions of Africans continue to endure the condition in silence, with many succumbing to painful...
Ebola is a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever that causes a range of symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, generalised pain, and malaise, and...
Data from the Africa CDC showed that the average weekly confirmed cases fell by 52 per cent, from a peak of 1,441 weekly average cases in May to 695 c...
The exercise comes as Busia County continues to record a rising number of mpox cases, highlighting the need for urgent preventive action.
The study, the largest of its kind conducted in Africa, analysed more than 187,000 test results from 205 laboratories between 2016 and 2019 in 14 coun...
Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and South Sudan are among the hardest-hit countries.
The Africa CDC announced that as of mid-May 2025, a total of 115,513 cholera cases and 2,424 deaths have been reported across the continent.
Health officials have prioritised high-risk groups for vaccination, including healthcare workers, close contacts of confirmed cases, long-distance tru...
The infection often causes fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes. Last month, the Africa CDC announced that the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa remains...
Uganda is battling the Ebola-Sudan strain, for which there is currently no approved vaccine.
Over the past decade, mpox, Marburg, and Ebola have collectively claimed tens of thousands of lives and cost billions of dollars in containment and mi...
The successful containment of the virus highlights Rwanda’s commitment to building resilient health systems and preparing for future public health eme...
The doses' arrival will boost hopes of curbing the outbreak, which the WHO has declared a global public health emergency.
Twenty African countries have seen more than 59,000 reported mpox cases including 1,164 deaths so far this year, according to Africa CDC data.
In September, US President Joe Biden pledged $500 million and 1 million vaccine doses to an mpox response plan.
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It spreads primarily through contact with an infected person, con...
Nineteen African countries have seen more than 48,000 suspected mpox cases including 1,048 deaths so far this year, according to the public health age...
Africa has seen over 32,000 suspected mpox cases including 840 deaths so far this year, according to Africa CDC data.
Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya said that several hundred high-risk individuals in Rwanda received the vaccine earlier this week.
The Africa CDC reported that 177 per cent surge in mpox cases and a 38.5 per cent increase in deaths compared to the same time last highlighting the u...
Africa has seen over 26,000 suspected mpox cases including 724 deaths so far this year, Africa CDC data showed.
Kaseya further stated that the Africa CDC collaborates closely with African states, the WHO, and other partners to improve response efforts.
The Africa CDC has said 10 million doses may be needed across the continent.
A new variant of the mpox virus, clade Ib, has emerged in all affected countries except South Africa.
This initiative follows the WHO's declaration of Mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, coupled with a warning from the Africa CD...
Health experts fear that the true extent of the Mpox outbreak may be significantly underreported due to insufficient diagnostics and testing in many r...
The challenge now, which the emergency declarations aim to highlight, is making sure those tools reach those who need them most, in Congo and neighbou...
But while experts hoped the meetings would galvanise action worldwide, many obstacles remain, including limited vaccine supply, funding and competing...
