Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Agency overview
Formed2016 (2016)
StatusActive
Headquarters16/17, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Parent departmentAfrican Union
Websitehttps://africacdc.org/

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a public health agency of the African Union to support the public health initiatives of member states and strengthen the capacity of their health institutions to deal with disease threats. The Africa CDC ideas was proposed by the government of Ethiopia in 2013 during a TB/HIV special summit in Abuja, Nigeria. From 2013 to 2016, the modalities and statue of Africa CDC were developed and the specialized agency was officially launched in January 2017.[1]

The agency is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  1. ^ "About Us". Africa CDC. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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