CDC to Help African Union Launch African CDC
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Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will work in partnership with the African Union to launch the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The West African Ebola epidemic reaffirmed the need for a public health institute to support African ministries of health and other health agencies in their efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to any disease outbreak,” said U.S. CDC Director Tom Frieden in a press release. The African CDC Coordinating Center will be located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Five additional Regional Collaborating Centers will be identified and created.
The African CDC will be able to organize and deploy a force of medical volunteers and public health responders, similar to the 800 that the African Union set to West Africa to provide aid with the Ebola epidemic.
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