INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
OVERVIEW: This briefing is a weekly engagement of the Africa Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the media to share critical updates on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and the status of implementing the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak, including Africa CDC’s response activities and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in AU Member States.
This week’s briefing will also include a special presentation by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency of Nigeria. Dr. Faisal Shuaib will provide updates on Nigeria’s national COVID-19 vaccine roll out strategy.
The Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission is following with great concern the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Palma and other districts of Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado and the impact on women and girls.
The Special Envoy on Women, Peace And Security, Bineta Diop, echoes the statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, issued on 31 March 2021 and the worldwide condemnation of the violence and resulting displacement of populations that have left more than 714,000 of people displaced, largely women and girls, with an increase in cases of human rights violations, including sexual and gender-based violence, large numbers of children out of school and a spiralling humanitarian crisis. Recent reports reveal that women and young adolescent girls have been increasingly abducted and coerced to play the role as ideologues, facilitators, fund-raisers, and recruiters for the terrorist group.
Statement of the AUC Special Envoy on Women, Peace And Security on the Situaton in Mozambique au.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from au.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
OVERVIEW: This briefing is a weekly engagement of the Africa Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the media to share critical updates on the current
state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and the status of implementing the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak, including Africa CDC’s response activities
and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in AU Member States.
SPEAKER(s): Dr John Nkengasong, Director, Africa CDC
MODERATOR: Wynne Musabayana, Head of Communication, AUC
WHEN: Thursday, 29 April 2021
TIME: 12:00–1:00 pm East Africa Time (9:00 to 10:00 am GMT)
Background
Producing reliable migration statistics is necessary for the implementation and monitoring of migration and development initiatives. Despite the progress made on migration statistics in Africa over the past decades, there are persistent gaps in the quantity and quality of the data collected by national and international actors; data may often not be disaggregated by basis characteristics such as sex and age; the data may well be collected but not properly and effectively analysed or disseminated; data sharing within and between countries may be limited. Issues of capacity and limited human or financial resources, lack of harmonization of common migration concepts and definitions, insufficient integration of different data sources and limited systematic collection, management, analysis and disaggregation continue to be some of the common challenges faced by many countries in Africa and beyond.