Africa: IFRC and Africa CDC Deepen Partnership to Strengthen Health Systems and Emergency Response Across Africa

Africa: IFRC and Africa CDC Deepen Partnership to Strengthen Health Systems and Emergency Response Across Africa

Geneva, 22 May 2025 -- On the margins of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), reinforcing their commitment to protect lives and improve health outcomes across the African continent.

12 African countries agree to intensify cross-border collaborations to tackle disease outbreaks

Twelve African countries on Friday resolved to intensify cross-border collaborations to respond, prevent, and control disease outbreaks such as mpox and other health emergencies....

Read a quick summary generated by AI × Summary of the news: The Foundation Recover, on Africa Day, highlights its work in 2024 in eight African countries, supporting 26 health centres and caring for more than 280,000 people. They focused on maternal and child health, training 135 local professionals and providing diagnostics through telemedicine. In addition, they installed a pathological anatomy laboratory in Burundi, improving diagnostic capac…