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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Strategy at a Glance
Response
Emergency response operations
Description
Cognisant of these major challenges, the African Union Heads of State and Government (HoSG) at the July 2013 Abuja Special Summit on AIDS, TB and Malaria in Abuja recognized the urgent need to put in place a Specialised Agency to support African Union Member States in their efforts to strengthen health systems and to improve surveillance, emergency response, and prevention of infectious diseases. During this Special Summit, the Assembly requested the African Union Commission to work out the modalities for establishing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).