Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19

Fast and smooth cross-border movement of vaccines, vaccine inputs and related supplies is essential for the world to achieve its vaccination targets without delay.

Africa’s top public health body said on Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Pfizer for countries on the continent to receive supplies of the Paxlovid pill to treat COVID-19.

IP offices and academic economists came together to study how the global innovation system responded to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In response to a series of shocks facing countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), World Bank commitments topped over US$5 billion in fiscal year 2022, which ended June 30.

Africa CDC has received a USD 100 million grant from the World Bank to strengthen Africa’s preparedness and response capabilities to health emergencies.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has commenced implementation of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) initiative to accelerate Covid-19 vaccination in Kenya.

In 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic started, and life transitioned almost fully to the online sphere, a lot of individuals seized the opportunity to build their intellectual property (IP) knowledge and skills.

“Past Ebola epidemics, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, have underscored the need to harmonize our mode of operation in the face of increasingly transnational and fast-spreading public health emergencies,” Dr Gueye said.

Africa CDC convenes public health officials and experts to prepare the continent to respond to future outbreaks

The theme of the workshop is “Transitioning from Emergency Response to Integration into Routine Healthcare Services and Strengthened Surveillance Systems for COVID-19 on the African continent”.