Statements & Commentaries

3 November 2025

Africa Joint Quadripartite Statement

Issued by the Quadripartite Regional Coordination Group (FAO, UNEP, WHO, and WOAH)November 3, 2025On this One Health Day of 2025, we the Regional Representatives/Directors in Africa representing the Quadripartite Regiona…

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13 April 2024

United in the fight against MPOX in Africa

We, the Ministers of Health of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda and partners, meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on 13 April 2024;

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2 October 2023

Africa CDC & WHO welcome UK’s support to address health challenges

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), and the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO)extend their profound appreciation to the United Kingdom government for the recent announcement of its transformative commitment to enhancing global health made during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

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18 November 2021

Directors of Africa Regional Institutions for the Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021 - Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is Our Shared Responsibility

We, the Africa Regional Directors of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Regional Office for Africa Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Regional Office for Near East and North Africa World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for Africa World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Regional Office for Africa United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Regional Office for Africa Have come together on the 3rd Africa Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2021 to raising awareness and stimulating actions on the AMR governance and taking stock of progress in the region to mitigating antimicrobial resistance risks.

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