Building resilience: Africa’s strategic path to health security in the age of fragmentation

BMJ Public Health 2026 Open access

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Authors: Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene, Jessica Oga, Chizaram Anselm Onyeaghala
DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-003761
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly reshaped global health governance and positioned the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) at the forefront of the African Union’s (AU) collective response. Confronted with stark inequities, disrupted supply chains and vaccine nationalism, Africa CDC emerged not only as a technical agency but also as a decisive political actor. Through cross-continental coordination, pooled procurement platforms and high-level diplomatic engagement, it helped secure vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics at a time when many African countries faced exclusion from global markets. 1

Fields of Study & Subjects

Global Security and Public Health Legal Health Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges Public health and occupational medicine

Publication details

Journal / source
BMJ Public Health
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
e003761–e003761
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN