Africa CDC Youth

27/12/2025

🎄✨ Season’s greetings from Africa CDC

As the year comes to a close, Dr Chrys Promesse Kaniki, Youth Program Lead,reflects on the launch of the Africa CDC Strategy for Youth Engagement and Participation in Global Health.

With youth representing over 65% of Africa’s population, engaging youth is central to the future of public health.

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27/10/2025

The Africa CDC’s youth streams (e.g., The African Union Bingwa Initiative - , the Youth Pre-Conference, the Youth Advisory Team for Health - ), the Initiative, and the Youth in Digital Health Networks - , are increasingly being integrated into formal structures that feed into policy and strategy.

Furthermore, the Africa CDC Strategy for Youth Engagement and Participation in Global Health (2025-2028) is designed to mobilize, empower, and engage young Africans in shaping the continent’s public health future.

Youth beneficiaries of the Africa CDC Youth activities have moved from engagement to leadership, and they are ready to take over the reins of leading the future of public health in Africa.

From expertise to collaborations and implementation of public health policies, Africa's young health professionals are ready to ensure that Africa is self-reliant and capable of taking on public health issues.

Special gratitude goes to Dr Jean Kaseya for his purposeful leadership.

The future of Africa's health lies in its youth, and that is why Africa CDC is investing in the future, which is now!

15/08/2025

In further commemoration of the Africa CDC Youth Week, we are excited to announce that we are convening a virtual fireside chat that focuses on Expert Tips on Navigating a Career in Public Health.

This webinar session is designed as a capacity-strengthening conversation to provide practical advice to early-career professionals on building a purposeful and resilient career in public health.

Mr Sanusi Ibraheem will speak extensively on international development & health governance as a professional who is experienced in providing strategic support to leadership in health and governance within the African Union context.

Dr Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba Liwewe will speak on her experience across public health, education, and community engagement as a public health leader in Zambia.

Mr Rotimi Olawale will take on youth advocacy & policy engagement to show how young public health professionals can effectively integrate advocacy into their career paths without losing focus on technical growth.

Dr. Bettina Buabeng-Baidoo will speak on the Youth in Global Health Governance Report.

Dr. Chrys Promesse Kaniki will speak about the work being done via the Africa CDC Youth Programme.

Click the link to register and be part of the conversations: https://africacdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yHnLlTCsQvGBuZe7GuuhNA #/registration

Date: 15th August 2025
Time: 15:00 - 16:30 EAT

22/05/2025

Africa CDC’s Bingwa PLUS Y-Health Pitching Event kicks off from 27–30 May in Abuja!

30 dynamic youth innovators will be pitching innovative and game-changing health ideas ready for funding. United under one powerful vision, a healthier, self-reliant Africa shaped by youth-led innovation.

Follow along as we spotlight bold solutions transforming public health across the continent.


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23/01/2025

Tanzania has declared a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after confirming one case and identifying 25 suspected cases in the Kagera Region of Northwestern Tanzania.

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ADDIS ABABA, January 20, 2025 – Tanzania has declared a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after confirming one case and identifying 25 suspected cases in the Kagera Region of Northwestern Tanzania. The Marburg virus, a highly infectious and often fatal disease, is similar to Ebola and is transm...

17/01/2025

Africa CDC’s support for the MOSA, a pan-African randomized platform adaptive trial for the MpOx Study, adding to the initial EU funding, has enabled the enrollment of the first patients at Mbandaka Hospital in Equateur Province, in DR Congo.

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ADDIS ABABA, KINSHASA, WASHINGTON, PARIS, January 15, 2025 – Africa CDC’s support for the MOSA, a pan-African randomized platform adaptive trial for the MpOx Study, adding to the initial EU funding, has enabled the enrollment of the first patients at Mbandaka Hospital in Equateur Province, Democ...

17/01/2025

Avez-vous postulé pour le programme d'incubation Y-Health d'Africa CDC ?

Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer que 50 jeunes Africains ont été sélectionnés pour participer au programme d'incubation.

Veuillez vérifier votre courrier électronique car le processus de sélection est désormais terminé et les participants sélectionnés ont été informés.

Félicitations à tous les participants sélectionnés. 🥳🎉

Nous avons hâte de vous accueillir.

17/01/2025

Did you apply for the Africa CDC Y-Health Incubation Programme?

We are happy to announce that 50 young Africans have been selected to participate in the Incubation Programme.

Kindly check your email as the selection process is now concluded, and selected participants have been notified.

Congratulations to all selected participants. 🥳🎉

We can’t wait to have you.

24/12/2024

The Africa CDC congratulates the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) on its milestone of earning the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Maturity Level 3 designation for medicines regulation, making Egypt the first African nation to achieve this status for medicines and vaccine regulation.

The Africa CDC congratulates the Egyptian Drug Authority on its historic milestone of earning the WHO’s Maturity Level 3 (ML3) designation for medicines regulation.

19/12/2024

The Africa CDC has deployed a multidisciplinary team of experts including epidemiologists, laboratory scientists, and infection prevention & control experts, on an investigative mission for disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9 December – From 5 to 7 December, the Director General of Africa CDC, H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya, travelled to the DRC to engage with national authorities, assess the situation on the ground, and extend Africa CDC’s support in the investigation of an unknown “disease X.....

19/12/2024

Dr Jean Kaseya, the DG of Africa CDC emphasized several key approaches that could help Africa address systemic barriers & advance sustainable solutions for global health resilience at the presidential opening of the 52nd Board Meeting of The Global Fund.

Africa is at a crossroads. The continent is fighting multiple disease outbreaks amid a tightening fiscal space that is affecting many of our trusted funding partners. It will take collaboration beyond the health sector, adaptation to the rapidly changing world, advancing digital health solutions and...