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The document “Strategic Framework for Strengthening Cross-Border Surveillance and Information Sharing in Africa” outlines a coordinated strategy developed by Africa CDC to improve public health surveillance and collaboration across national borders in Africa. It addresses the challenge that infe
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ctious diseases often spread across borders due to population movement, trade, and migration, while surveillance systems and data-sharing mechanisms frequently remain nationally focused and fragmented.
The framework proposes strengthening regional coordination, harmonizing surveillance systems, enhancing information sharing between countries, and building laboratory and workforce capacity. It also emphasizes timely detection of cross-border health threats, joint outbreak investigations, and improved communication among Member States. Overall, the document aims to enhance preparedness, early warning systems, and collective response to public health threats across the African continent.
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Renforcement de la surveillance et du partage d’informations à l’échelle transfrontalière en Afrique
Le document intitulé « Strategic Framework for Strengthening Cross-Border Surveillance and Information Sharing in Africa » présente une stratégie coordonnée élaborée par Africa CDC afin d’améliorer la surveillance de la santé publique et la collaboration au-delà des frontières national
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es en Afrique. Il met en évidence le défi posé par le fait que les maladies infectieuses se propagent fréquemment au-delà des frontières en raison des mouvements de population, du commerce et des migrations, tandis que les systèmes de surveillance et les mécanismes de partage des données restent souvent centrés sur le niveau national et fragmentés.
Le cadre stratégique propose de renforcer la coordination régionale, d’harmoniser les systèmes de surveillance, d’améliorer le partage d’informations entre les pays et de développer les capacités des laboratoires ainsi que des ressources humaines. Il souligne également l’importance de la détection rapide des menaces sanitaires transfrontalières, des enquêtes conjointes sur les flambées épidémiques et d’une meilleure communication entre les États membres. Dans l’ensemble, le document vise à renforcer la préparation, les systèmes d’alerte précoce et la réponse collective aux menaces de santé publique sur le continent africain.
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O documento intitulado “Fortalecimento da Vigilância Transfronteiriça e do Compartilhamento de Informações na África” apresenta uma estratégia coordenada elaborada pelo Africa CDC para melhorar a vigilância em saúde pública e a colaboração além das fronteiras nacionais na Áfric
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a. Ele destaca o desafio de que as doenças infecciosas frequentemente se propagam através das fronteiras devido ao movimento de pessoas, ao comércio e à migração, enquanto os sistemas de vigilância e os mecanismos de compartilhamento de dados permanecem muitas vezes centrados no nível nacional e fragmentados.
O quadro estratégico propõe fortalecer a coordenação regional, harmonizar os sistemas de vigilância, melhorar o intercâmbio de informações entre os países e desenvolver a capacidade dos laboratórios e dos recursos humanos. Também enfatiza a importância da detecção oportuna de ameaças sanitárias transfronteiriças, de investigações conjuntas de surtos e de uma comunicação aprimorada entre os Estados-membros. De modo geral, o documento visa reforçar a preparação, os sistemas de alerta precoce e a resposta coletiva às ameaças à saúde pública no continente africano.
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Divsion de migración y salud/división de migración, medio ambiente, cambio climatico y reducción de riesgos
Ewha Med J Volume 47(3); 2024
The article “Reporting Guidelines for Community Outbreak Investigation (G-CORE): A Study Protocol” describes the development of standardized reporting guidelines for investigations of infectious disease outbreaks in community settings. The authors highlight that ou
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tbreak reports are often inconsistent and lack important epidemiological information, which makes it difficult to compare studies and apply findings to public health practice. The G-CORE project aims to create a structured guideline that improves the quality, transparency, and completeness of outbreak investigation reports. By establishing clear reporting standards, the guideline intends to support researchers and public health professionals in documenting outbreaks more systematically and to facilitate better communication, analysis, and response to infectious disease events.
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR / March 10, 2023 / Vol. 72 / No. 10
This guideline document is a publication of the National AIDS & STI Control Program, Ministry of Health
Kenya
Multi-month dispensing (MMD) is the prescribing and dispensing of three to six months of antiretrovirals
(ARV) and other medicines required for treatment of people living with HIV (PLHIV). This approach is in
contrast to the current standard of care approach where drug dispensing requires monthly
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clinical visits.
While many programs have moved to providing MMD for adults, implementation in children has been
particularly challenging. MMD takes a client-centered approach and has the promise of improving and
sustaining continuity of treatment and rates of viral suppression (VS), as well as reducing the provider the
provider workload and other burdens on the health system.
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A Guide for Community Case Workers in OVC Programs. This guide is meant to help you, a community case worker or
facility case manager working on an orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) program, to understand your role in supporting
multi-month dispensing (MMD) of anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines f
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or children and adolescents living with HIV (CLHIV/ALHIV).
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VillageReach recommended
the drone company Swoop Aero to the civil aviation authority in DRC. In
summer 2019, Swoop Aero conducted a series of test and demonstration
drone flights to deliver vaccines, syringes, medicines and other supplies from
Mbandaka town to the village of Widjifake, which is
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six hours away by road,
but 20 minutes by drone.
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BMC Public Health (2025) 25:3774 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24555-6. The study results provide useful insights on how climate change influences malaria in African countries, and reiterates the need for a greater engagement of policymakers and social partners, in intensifying the action neede
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d to fight the transmission of malaria in Sub-Sahara Africa
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The GHEC framework is designed to provide guiding principles for standardizing health emergency workforce structures to strengthen the capacity of countries in responding to health emergencies, and to enhance collaboration between countries by better connecting regional and global surge response mec
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hanisms, facilitating information exchange, and improving access to expertise and human response capacity at times of need.
This is the first version of the GHEC framework and is intended to be updated as experience is gained with its implementation and adaptation.
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This multi-hazard Health Emergency Alert and Response Framework provides guidance for coordinating emergency response in countries, under the global Health Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (HEPR) framework. It outlines the public health functions, coordination systems and actions need
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ed for effective local, sub-national and national response to a broad range of health emergencies, including disasters. The audience for this framework is the primary national and sub-national authorities with the designated responsibility for health emergency coordination.
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This report presents a WHO–PREZODE collaboration to develop and validate standardized indicators that assess the risk of zoonotic disease emergence by modeling pathogen circulation in animals and the risk of animal to human zoonotic spillover. The proposed indicators are intended to be actionable,
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i.e., to reflect the impact of the implementation of a prevention strategy along the process of zoonotic pathogen emergence and over time.
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Les équipes médicales d'urgence nationales constituent la meilleure option pour apporter une réponse immédiate et adaptée aux situations d'urgence touchant directement les populations, tandis que les équipes internationales peuvent contribuer à soulager les systèmes de santé débordés. L'e
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fficacité et l'efficience des pays et des autorités locales dans la mobilisation des ressources existantes dépendent entièrement de la qualité des soins qu'ils sont en mesure de fournir. Cette publication sert de guide pratique aux équipes et vise à compléter les systèmes d'intervention d'urgence, en favorisant une collaboration harmonieuse avec l'ensemble des acteurs et des réseaux d'intervention d'urgence
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Medical evacuation in emergencies
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A guidance for medical teams and specialized care teams.
This guidance aims to provide a comprehensive framework for the safe and context-adapted coordination, clinical care, operations support and logistics relevant to governments, national authorities, including ministries of health, civil protec
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tion and civil defence, national and international Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and other key stakeholders operating in the medevac space, or wishing to build this kind of capacity. It defines minimum standards and recommendations for the development and classification of respective specialized care teams (SCTs). This is particularly relevant for contexts without pre-existing or functional prehospital or medevac systems, and can support country-level capacity building, regional and sub-regional planning, and the development of SCTs.
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Hand hygiene is a simple yet powerful tool in interrupting the transmission of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) and other infectious disease both in healthcare facilities and communities. However millions still lack access to basic hygiene services particularly in vulnerable and resource limited settings.
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Governments must urgently ensure universal access to functioning hand hygiene stations in public and healthcare facilities, promote correct hand hygiene practices, and integrate hand hygiene into national polices and response strategies, to contain mpox. There is a need for multimodal approach- combining political leadership, availability of supplies, evidence based behavioral change strategies and strengthened healthcare practices is critical.
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The purpose of this interim guidance is to provide recommendations for planning and implementing RCCE activities that protect and empower communities during MVD outbreaks. The guidance is designed for national and subnational health responders involved in RCCE for MVD readiness and response. It is a
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lso relevant to other stakeholders, such as partner organizations, ministries (such as those involved in social protection), and academics, who contribute to RCCE activities. The document is meant to be adapted alongside national multi-risk/ multisectoral plans, leveraging existing expertise, coordination mechanisms and partnerships.
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Epidemic Preparedness and Response in Africa | Guidelines for the Decentralization of Laboratory Capacity
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The decentralization of laboratory capacities is a critical strategy for improving epidemic preparedness and response in Africa. Centralized systems often delay case confirmation, hinder timely interventions, and exacerbate the impact of outbreaks, especially in rural and hard-to-reach areas.
Thi
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s Guidelines outlines a structured approach to decentralization, focusing on:
Strategic Goals: Strengthening laboratory capacity at subnational levels to ensure timely detection and control of epidemic-prone diseases.
Guiding Principles: Equity, country ownership, multisectoral collaboration and evidence-based decision-making.
Implementation Framework: Practical steps for planning, executing, and sustaining decentralized diagnostic networks, with intra- and post-implementation reviews for continuous improvement.
Integration: Alignment with existing surveillance, case management and infection prevention and control (IPC) systems, with a focus on the One Health approach.
While the Guidelines is informed by the Mpox outbreak response, it is adaptable to other priority diseases and aligned with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), the Africa CDC Strategic Plan (2022-2027), and the WHO Health Security Framework.
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Préparatiom et la riposte aux Épidémies er Afrique guide de Décentralisation des capacités de Laboratoire
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L’augmentation en fréquence et en ampleur des urgences de santé publique en Afrique met en évidence
l’importance cruciale d’un dépistage précoce, d’une intervention rapide et d’un accès équitable aux
capacités de laboratoire. Les systèmes centralisés se sont souvent révélés
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insuffisants, notamment
dans les zones reculées ou mal desservies, entraînant des retards dans la confirmation des cas et
réduisant l’efficacité des mesures de contrôle des épidémies.
La décentralisation des capacités de laboratoire constitue une stratégie transformative pour combler
ces lacunes. En rapprochant les examens diagnostiques des points de prestation de soins, les États
Membres de l’Union Africaine peuvent détecter les épidémies plus tôt, réagir plus efficacement et
renforcer la confiance du public dans les systèmes de santé.
Ce document propose un cadre global pour aider les États Membres à concevoir, mettre en œuvre
et pérenniser des réseaux de diagnostic décentralisés. Il met l’accent sur l’équité, l’appropriation
nationale, la collaboration multisectorielle et l’intégration avec les autres fonctions du système de santé.
De plus, il souligne l’importance du maintien des normes de qualité dans les contextes décentralisés,
en recommandant la mise en place de dispositifs de contrôle qualité adaptés, de mécanismes de
supervision ciblés et l’harmonisation avec les cadres nationaux d’assurance qualité.
Africa CDC, l’OMS et leurs partenaires restent déterminés à soutenir les États Membres à travers une
assistance technique, des plateformes de coordination et la mobilisation de ressources. Ensemble,
nous pouvons bâtir un écosystème de diagnostic résilient, réactif et inclusif, protégeant la santé de
toutes les communautés africaines.
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