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SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND RESEARCH
COMMISSION
African Union Science and Technology
Framework for The Detection, Identification and
Monitoring of Infectious Diseases of Plants,
Humans and Animals in Africa
By
Mohammed Kyari (SSOC)
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Content of the Framework
i. Forward
ii. Acknowledgement
iii. Why the Framework
1.0 Introduction
2.0 The Scourge of the Infectious Diseases in
3.0 The Situational Analysis and Risk Assessment on Infectious Diseases
3.1 Key findings and conclusions from Foresight
3.2 Shared Principles for Risk Management of Infectious Diseases3.3 Convergence of Future Technologies for the Detection, Identification
and Monitoring of Infectious Diseases4.0 A New Paradigm for Risk Management of Infectious Diseases in
Africa
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Content of the Framework Cont.
5.0 The Framework
5.1 The Focus on Infectious Diseases
5.2 The Framework Enabling Context
5.3 Vision, Mission, and Strategic Objectives for Infectious Disease
Surveillance in Africa5.3.1 The Vision
5.3.2 The Mission
5.3.3. The Objectives
5.3.4 The Guiding Principles
5.4. Strategy for Achieving the Framework Vision
5.4.1 The Rational for the Strategy for Achieving the Vision
5.4.2 The Role of AU/STRC in the Establishment of the Virtual
Networks-
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Content of the Framework Cont.
5.4.3 National Centres for Infectious Disease Surveillance
5.4.4 In-Country Grassroots-based Disease Surveillance
5.4.5 Regional Centres for Infectious Disease Surveillance
5.4.6 African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance5.4.7 Enhancing International Cooperation for the Surveillance
of Infectious Diseases in Africa
5.4.8 Strengthening National and Regional Capacity for Infectious
Disease Surveillance
6.0 Creating an Enabling Environment for the Framework
6.1 An AU Policy Framework that Supports Effective Implementation of
Infectious Disease Surveillance by Member States
6.2 Ensuring Ownership of the Infectious Disease Vision by All
Stakeholders
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Why the Framework
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Why the Framework Cont.
•S&T Consolidated Plan of
. Sa
Action
•Africa Industrilization
•CAADP (food security)
•MDGs
•Sustainability and Economic
Development of Africa
Drivers
Climate Change
Conflict
Migration
Disaster
Pollution
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Situational Analysis and Risk Assessment on
IDS
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Analysis shows that Asia and Africa are worse hit by
epidemic of IDS
Findings:
- Future role of S&T
- Resistance to antimicrobial
- Re-emergence of other IDS
Conclusion
-Existing diseases are still important to note
- Substantial advances will be made in prevention
and management of IDS
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Shared Principle of Risk Management of IDS
in Africa
From perspective of risk drivers:
 Culture and governance, including legislation
 Technology and innovation
 Conflict
 Human activities and social pressure
 Economic factors including globalization
 Climate change
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Convergence of Future Technologies for the Detection,
Identification and Monitoring of Infectious Diseases
• Intelligent sensor networks
• Data mining and fusion
• Non-invasive scanning and screening
• Genomics and bioinformatics
• Interrogation of natural signals/biomarkers
• Biosensors/biomarkers
• Predictive and real-time epidemiological modelling
• Earth observation
• Host genetics and engineering
• Immunological techniques/responses
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New Paradigm for Risk Management of IDS in
Africa
Development
of disease control strategy
New and innovative approach
Articulate pan African vision for management of infectious
diseases
Development plan in addition to the current donor supported
programmes such as those addressing
HIV/AIDS/Malaria/Tuberculosis, Polio, Rinderpest, Cassava
Mosaic Disease etc
 Cross sectoral approach linking different health systems
Developing critical mass of experts and infrastructure
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The Framework
Detection
of disease in animals first will reduce the impact of disease on
humans. A common approach to EIDs across countries and regions will enable
global preparedness.
Effective surveillance, detection and response systems at the global level,
which are then well anchored at the national level, are important
requires horizontally linked collaboration and partnerships across the animalhuman-ecosystem interface
The framework proposes technological solutions, including integration
platforms and data sharing systems etc.
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Focus on IDs Surveillance
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Inadequate laboratory based expertise and epidemiological
analyses
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Evolution of a African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance
(ACIDS) and ACIDS’ virtual centre linking, coordinating and
facilitating African networks of institutions – regional, national
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International partnership and collaboration with WHO, FAO, AU,
OIE etc
African ‘smart partnerships’ with UK and other OECD science
centres
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National, regional and continental networked actions
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The Framework Vision and Mission
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Vision
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The vision Statement is:
An African society protected from the ravages of dangerous
infectious diseases that compromise human health or livelihoods,
agriculture/livestock and economic development, including market
access
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The Mission Statement for the Vision are:
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Harness innovation in S&T to improve Africa’s capacity to detect,
identify and monitor infectious diseases of humans, plants and
human-animal interface in order to better manage the risk posed
by them
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Cont.
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Building inter-institutional networks through virtual institutes
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A surveillance-based research strategy rooted in national systems,
coordinated through sub-regional or regional and at the pan-African
level.
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Africa-north ‘Smart partnerships’ to build capacity in Africa, and for
joint research programmes
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Component of the Mission
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Use of scientific and technological/socio-economically
sound strategies for disease prevention, containment,
and control
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Developing rapidly African capacity and participation in
scientific and technological developments for early
detection, diagnosis, prevention of IDs
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Build effective preventive measures to curtail the spread
of currently endemic, or exotic and emerging diseases
and pests in Africa
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Governing Principles
Governing rules:
• An increase in the application of detection, identification, monitoring in
Africa
• Render service to national, regional and international public goods
• Vision and implementation of activities owned and led by African
• Smart partnership between African institutions and scientists with those in
the industrialized countries
• Basing implementation through national systems
• Regional and sub-regional coordination for easy facilitation of activities
• Implementation through inter-institutional networks
• Efficiency and cost- effectiveness
• Providing leadership through highest scientific body
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Strategies for Achieving The Vision
Pan African
Networks
Regional
Networks
National
Networks
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ACIDS Virtual Networks
NatCIDs?
SACIDS?
WACIDS?
NatCIDs?
EACIDS?
CACIDS?
NatCIDs?
NatCIDs?
NACIDS?
NatCIDs?
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NatCIDS
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National level- is the key for implementing the Vision and Strategy
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Member States to set-up an inter-ministerial national institute for
infectious diseases or support the existing ones
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The centre is to be considered as a networking mechanism with a
coordinating unit
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Member States to reform health sector policies and strengthen
institutional frameworks
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Member States should solicit to provide appropriate funding,
infrastructure and incentives for ID surveillance
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In-Country Surveillance
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Member States should develop strategy for community
empowerment and networking for the supply and delivery of
samples for analysis
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The support mechanism for actualization are:
– Identification of a focal points
– Establishment of national networks to grass-root levels
– Implement sub-national Programmes on detection, identification
and monitoring of infectious diseases
– Provide community awareness campaign on infectious diseases
of humans, animals and plants
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The sub-national primary diagnostic centres would remain client.
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RCIDs
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RECs to develop their own node of ACIDS
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The regional nodes will work with the national hubs in identification,
detection and monitoring of infectious diseases,
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Assist Member States in the region to control epidemic
Coordinating research into infectious disease surveillance technologies
and their inter-sectoral application based on the One Medicine principle
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Promoting and facilitating transfer of technology and capability for
disease control in their regions
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Scientific capacity building
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PACIDS
ACIDS secretariat at the continental level:
• Supporting RECs to set up a light secretariat for the
regional node of the ACIDS
• Support common theme research networks e.g. interspecies infection transmission
The actions to actualise these are:
• Support the formation of inter-institutional networks
• Support surveillance-driven research
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Support RECs that is ready to set up a light secretariat
for the regional node
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PACIDS Cont.
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Organising regular Africa-UK/Europe and other collaborators ‘smart
partnership’ scientific and management coordination meetings
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Institutional and human Capacity development of African scientists
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Identifying competent regional coordinating centres of
technology/excellence or a regional consortium of institutes for capacity
building and referral identification of disease causing agents;
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Enhancing International Cooperation
1.
Urgent and immediate tackling the burden of infectious diseases in Africa
is a global problem
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Promote ‘smart partnerships’ between African and industrialised countries
3.
4.
Encourage financial institutions and international donor agencies to
invest in IDS- major problem
private, public partnership is vital
5.
Identify institutions and cooperating partners
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Strengthening National and Regional Capacity
1.
Sustainable management of Infectious diseases in Africa requires
adequate human resource capacity at all levels
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The weak capacity in all Member States which severely limits its
capacity to effectively address IDS issues.
3.
Africa's quest for a quantum leap is underpinned by inadequate health
infrastructure and the technical skills
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Creating an Enabling Environment For Effective
IDS in Africa
An effective African policy framework on the sustainable management of
infectious diseases to guide Member States
The key actions to actualize this are:
 Adoption and ratification by AU Summit of Head of State “Science and
technology framework for the detection, identification and monitoring of
infectious diseases of plants, humans, human-animal interface in
Africa”;
 Implementation of the framework by Member States
 Monitoring through ‘AMERT’ and review of the implementation of the
framework by AUC and partners .
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Ensuring Ownership of the Vision by All
Stakeholders
1.
AUC and global partners to initiate and sustain a decade of actions on
infectious diseases
Actions to concretize this:
• ACIDS Scientific Leadership
• Promoting and Strengthening Broad National and Local Ownership of IDS
Activities
• Involving all Stakeholders in all IDS Activities to have sense of belonging
• Consolidation of IDS Efforts
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CATALYST: ENSURING COMMITMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION
1. The Declaration by the AU Summit an African Decade for the
Sustainable Management of Infectious Diseases in Africa (20122022)
2. The actions to actualize this are:
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The declaration of the period 20012-2022, as African Decade for the
Management of Infectious Diseases in Africa by the AU Summit
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Development and implementation of the decade plan of action on the
Management of Infectious Diseases in Africa;
Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation and impact of
actions undertaken
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An AU Panel of Experts on Infectious Diseases in
Africa
1. Establishment of an AU Panel of Experts on Infectious Diseases to provide
technical guidance, policy advice and priorities progammes and activities
for easy and coordinated approach
2. The key items in actualizing this are:
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Adoption of an AU Summit resolution establishing the Panel of Experts as
an organ of the AU
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Development of the terms of reference for the appointment of the members
Establishment of the secretariat to service the Panel
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Mobilising Funding and Donor Coordination
AU should identify and implement extra sources of funding for implementing activities
proposed in this framework.
2. The key items in implementing this are:
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Increased budget allocation to infectious disease surveillance by Member States
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Increased private sector involvement in infectious disease surveillance activities;
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Encouragement of external donors and investors in infectious disease surveillance
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Promotion of public-private partnership in infectious disease surveillance.
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Milestone in the Framework
The
framework was developed through wider consultation since
2007. Several workshops were held and the document was
circulated to Member States & partners for inputs and their
concerns incorporated
•The
progress made in the development of the Framework was
brought to the attention of AMCOST IV Bureau Meeting in May,
2012
– Skoane University
•EACIDS – Makerere University/AfrIInet
•WACIDS – University of Ibadan
•SACIDS
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