Vaccine sample at a vaccination facility in Shelter Afrique, Nairobi ... will speed up after the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) was recently accorded autonomous ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— A previously unknown ... “The working diagnosis now is malaria,” Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff and head of the executive office told an online briefing.

Africa CDC declares a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent. The African Union's health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing ...

The African Union’s health watchdog has warned that the mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources ...

At Thursday’s press conference, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo of the Africa CDC presented two hypotheses. First, the primary cause of the disease may be malaria exacerbated by malnutrition and viral infections.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) commends the United States ... We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC.

He said outbreak surveillance including contact tracing remained a significant challenge for the response, but that Africa CDC was trying to strengthen it by deploying community health workers ...

according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Cases were still increasing in several countries as ...