Senior Technical Officer - Surveillance (AfCDC)

Core responsibilities:

• Lead routine epidemic intelligence activities, including systematic media scanning and signal verification for potential public health threats.
• Oversee the establishment and harmonization of national AMR surveillance protocols, ensuring data collection from clinical and laboratory sites aligns with national policies.
• Coordinate the implementation of mortality surveillance systems to detect unusual patterns in death rates that may indicate emerging outbreaks.
• Facilitate real-time information sharing and surveillance collaboration with neighbouring countries and regional health bodies to mitigate cross-border health threats.

This role creates positive change by strengthening public health surveillance systems across Africa to detect and respond to health threats, ultimately saving lives and preventing disease outbreaks.

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Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a specialized technical institution of the African Union established to support public health initiatives of Member States and strengthen capacity to detect, prevent, control, and respond to disease threats across Africa.