{"id":45283,"date":"2022-06-21T01:01:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T23:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/africa-cdc-deserves-self-determination-for-public-health-policies-says-ahf\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T01:01:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T23:01:38","slug":"africa-cdc-deserves-self-determination-for-public-health-policies-says-ahf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/africa-cdc-deserves-self-determination-for-public-health-policies-says-ahf\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC Deserves Self-Determination for Public Health Policies, Says AHF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF<\/a>) today objected to efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) to rein in Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) autonomy in declaring regional health emergencies and other emergency public health powers \u2013 a move that is paternalistic and runs counter to the principles of self-determination enshrined in the UN system.\n<\/p>\n

\nAccording to Devex<\/a>, the United Nations, which oversees the WHO, is attempting to lobby \u201con what should be an African Union process, and if successful, it would block reform of Africa CDC and undermine its ability to respond to health crises and prevent pandemics.\u201d This development came after a meeting of roughly 40 Africa health ministers last week where they discussed revisions to the statutes under which Africa CDC operates.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIt\u2019s baffling to see the WHO, which has fumbled the ball on multiple international health emergencies, most notably the COVID-19 pandemic, is now attempting to block Africa CDC\u2019s right to self-determination on matters of public health,\u201d said AHF President Michael Weinstein. \u201cAfrica CDC had to prove its resolve after WHO failed the entire continent by its bungling of COVID-19 in Africa, including severe delays in delivering vaccines and allowing significant economic devastation to sweep the region. We wholeheartedly support Africa CDC\u2019s right to determine its own actions on public health and emergencies. Through its mismanagement, WHO has forfeited its chance to be the arbiter of Africa\u2019s health systems.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nAfrica CDC and ministries of health must have the regional capacity to declare health emergencies based on technical and evidence-based processes, which WHO itself does not even have the power to do under its International Health Regulations. Continental emergency health declarations could mean the difference between quickly getting an outbreak under control or allowing disease to spread unchecked while waiting on official decisions thousands of miles away in Geneva.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThis attempt at control is a questionable act by the World Health Organization and a contradiction to their past condemnations of the imperialist mentality with which vaccines were being given to COVAX. Yet, this same move seems to have that same mindset,\u201d said AHF Africa Bureau Chief Dr. Penninah Iutung. \u201cWe support African solutions for local problems and want African governments to be more accountable and take more ownership of the health of their people. Africa CDC can and should have the power to help them with that.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nThe health ministers are due to reconvene again tomorrow to make a final recommendation on the amendments, which would then have to be decided on by the African Union Executive Council. If approved, Africa CDC would be able to focus on outbreaks endemic to Africa – there would be no change to the WHO\u2019s global alert system.\n<\/p>\n

\nAIDS Healthcare Foundation<\/b> (AHF) is a global non-profit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 1.6 million people in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America\/Caribbean, the Asia\/Pacific Region and Europe. We are currently the largest non-profit provider of HIV\/AIDS medical care in the world. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org<\/a>, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com\/aidshealth<\/a> and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare<\/a> and Instagram: @aidshealthcare<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Contacts<\/b> <\/p>\n

\nUS MEDIA CONTACT:
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Ged Kenslea<\/b>, <\/b>Senior Director, Communications, AHF
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+1.323.308.1833 work +1.323.791.5526 mobile
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gedk@aidshealth.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Denys Nazarov<\/b>, Director of Global Policy & Communications, AHF
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+1.323.308.1829
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denys.nazarov@ahf.org<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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