Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention:analysis of its development strategy
10.7644/j.issn.1674-9960.2016.12.013
- VernacularTitle:非洲疾病预防控制中心建设与体系发展战略
- Author:
Tao JIANG
;
Bo GAO
- Keywords:
Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention;
regional collaborating center;
Africa Union;
China-Africa health cooperation;
communicable disease control;
disease transmission;
public health
- From:
Military Medical Sciences
2016;40(12):999-1002
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Faced with huge demand for building public health capacity in the post-Ebola era, Africa Union has planned to establish Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( Africa CDC,ACDC), with headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and at least 5 regional collaborating centers in each region of the continent .The strategic objectives of ACDC focus on building a continental integrated public health system and strengthening needed public health capacity .The current study analyzed the background , plans, development layout and strategy of ACDC , and provided references for China-Africa cooperation in the areas of public health and for the formulation of China global strategies of biosecurity and disease prevention and control .
