Value proposition

A specialized technical institution of the African Union supporting public health initiatives of Member States.

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a specialized technical institution of the African Union established to support public health initiatives of Member States and strengthen the capacity of their public health institutions to detect, prevent, control and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats. Africa CDC supports African Union Member States in providing coordinated and integrated solutions to the inadequacies in their public health infrastructure, human resource capacity, disease surveillance, laboratory diagnostics, and preparedness and response to health emergencies and disasters.

Epidemiology, Public Health, Surveillance, Diagnostics, Laboratory, Emergency response, Preparedness, Disease, Health, Africa, Prevention, Control, Integration, Agenda 2063, African Union, Africa CDC, NPHIs, RCCs, and Outbreak investigation