The World Bank has approved a $100 million support program for the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC), in a move to help African countries prepare, detect and respond to disease outbreaks.
Today the African continent is addressing several infectious disease outbreaks in addition to COVID-19 and there are growing risks looking ahead, said the World Bank in its recent press release.
“Our investment in the Africa CDC underscores the World Bank’s long-term commitment to supporting African-led regional institutions and Africa’s public health preparedness agenda,” said World Bank Director for Regional Integration for Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Northern Africa, Boutheina Guermazi.
“Diseases do not respect borders and must be tackled collectively, requiring trusted leadership at the regional level and strong health systems across the continent,” he added, according to the same source.
Africa represents the continent with the lowest vaccination rate against COVID-19.
The partnership is an opportunity for the World Bank to work with the Africa CDC on shaping the preparedness agenda that can help drive future financing, innovative thinking, and timely action to reduce the risk of priority diseases affecting Africa’s most vulnerable populations, according to the same source.
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