11/28/2023
Office of the Spokesperson
The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the African Union’s Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on the announcement of the U.S.-Africa CDC Joint Action Plan as an annex to the U.S.-African Union Memorandum of Cooperation to Promote Public Health Partnership.
On November 28, on the sidelines of the Third International Conference on
Public Health in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, the U.S. government and the Africa
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced a Joint
Action Plan to advance a shared vision to strengthen public health systems and
deliver improved health outcomes in Africa.
The Joint Action Plan outlines key activities between the U.S. government
and Africa CDC to achieve the objectives identified in the Memorandum of
Cooperation to Promote Public Health Partnership, signed by Secretary of State
Antony Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki in March
2022.
The Joint Action Plan represents a significant step toward stronger and
deeper U.S.-Africa CDC collaboration, building on both U.S. and Africa CDC
health investments and partnerships across Africa. It will facilitate
institutional strengthening, expert exchanges, and knowledge-sharing in support
of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
Additionally, it will promote integrated health systems, strengthen public
health emergency response capacity, enhance clinical and laboratory systems,
and expand innovation and local manufacturing of health products.
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