Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19

COVID-19 and the debt crisis, now aggravated by the consequences of the war in Ukraine, have created an unprecedented setback in global health

UNESCO’s Keeping girls in the picture campaign was rolled out as part of a project in four sub-Saharan African countries

This guidance replaces previous conditional recommendations for the use of these drugs and is based on emerging evidence that they’re not likely to work against omicron.

Developing countries and civil society groups had hoped that the WTO had learned from its mistakes; that the cruel injustice of vaccine apartheid would not be repeated.

WTO response to COVID-19 and preparedness for future pandemics established a forward agenda for WTO bodies as well as for wider international cooperation on trade-related issues integral to better pandemic response.

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to decelerate from 4.1% in 2021 to 3.3% in 2022, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, adverse weather conditions, and the rising risk of debt distress.

The UN and other partners gathered in Doha, Qatar, to deliver a historic new compact to support the countries whose vulnerabilities the pandemic most exposed.

Africa CDC welcomes the call by the Pandemic Fund on 3rd February 2023, seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for potential projects to be funded under its first Call for Proposals.

It will ensure Africa has the production capacity essential for equitable vaccine rollout.

Amid Reversal of Hard-Won Development Gains, Business as Usual Not an Option, Council Vice President Warns, Urging Bolstered Action to Protect People, Planet