Course Name: African Expertise Capable Of Prevention, Detection, And Response To Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Duration: 1 week

Target group: Global health workers, private-sector workers, health program managers, staff of ministries of health of African Union member states, staff of international NGOs, national NGOs, philanthropic foundations, bilateral, multilateral organizations, etc, and anyone interested in learning about infectious disease space across Africa.

 OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE

To equip course participants with the knowledge of Africa’s expertise in prevention, detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks.

Objectives of the course

• To show that Africa experiences several infectious outbreaks and manages to keep them at bay despite lean resources,    
• To equip course participants with the knowledge of Africa’s expertise in prevention, detection, and response to infectious disease outbreaks,
• To highlight the importance of African governments to budget for epidemic preparedness and response 4.
• To highlight the unprecedented support of the private sector in Africa’s response to COVID-19 and how that could be leveraged for other infectious diseases, 
• To outline gaps in prevention, detection, and response to infectious disease outbreaks across Africa and make appropriate recommendations. 

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