The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through its West Africa Regional Co-ordinating Centre, has supported a hands-on Regional Public Health Emergency Simulation Exercise at the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Emergency Hub in Dakar, Senegal.
The exercise brought together emergency response professionals from across West Africa to test and strengthen co-ordination during large-scale public health emergencies. It was jointly implemented with the WHO and the World Food Programme.
Organisers said the simulation focused on improving operational readiness, coordination across key response functions and real-time decision-making in high-pressure emergency scenarios.
Africa CDC noted that simulation-based preparedness remains a critical tool in ensuring effective and timely responses to public health emergencies, particularly in a region that continues to face recurring disease outbreaks and health-related shocks.
–ChannelAfrica–
