Communique on Progress Made on Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa – Kigali, Rwanda 06 07 December 2021
On 6th-7th December 2021, the African Union, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the AUDA-NEPAD, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) convened a stakeholder’s meeting in Kigali, Rwanda to review progress made in manufacturing vaccines in Africa. The objective of the meeting included: a) an update on progress made so […]
L’Afrique annonce le déploiement de 400 millions de doses de vaccins dans les États membres de l’Union africaine et des Caraïbes
ADDIS-ABEBA, le 5 août 2021 – Son Excellence le Président Cyril Ramaphosa, Président de la République d’Afrique du Sud et Chef de file de la lutte contre la COVID-19 menée par l’Union africaine (UA), est heureux d’annoncer le début des livraisons de vaccins acquis par l’Union africaine (UA), à travers le Fonds africain pour l’acquisition […]
Communique of the High-Level Emergency Virtual Meeting of African Ministers of Health On the COVID-19 situation in Africa
African Ministers of Health endorsed an adapted strategy to fight COVID-19 underpinned by enhanced approaches to Prevent, Monitor, and Treat We, African Union (AU) Ministers of Health gathered virtually under the leadership of H.E Mr. Félix Antoine TSHISEKEDI Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chair of the AU; H.E Cyril Ramaphosa, President […]
African Union and Africa CDC launches Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM), framework to achieve it and signs 2 MoUs
African Union Heads of State and over 40,000 esteemed participants attended a virtual summit on Expanding Africa’s Vaccine Manufacturing for Health Security from 12-13 April 2021. PREAMBLE RECALLING that during 22 February 2020 emergency meeting of African Ministers of Health, Ministers endorsed the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 outbreak, including Africa CDC’s leadership role […]