Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference at CPHIA 2023: African Youth Gather to Champion Youth Leadership for a Safer and Healthier Africa
The second Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference kicked off on 25 November 2023 ahead of Africa's largest public health conference, CPHIA 2023, in Lusaka, Zambia. Convened by Africa CDC, in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, GIZ and Unicef, the conference witnessed participation of over 250 African youth from 51 African countries and diaspora.
The Director General of Africa CDC, His Excellency Dr Jean Kaseya, opened the conference by calling on young people to take an architectural position in providing guidance towards a safer and healthier Africa and to play a pivotal role in this task.
The First Lady of the Republic of Namibia, Her Excellency Monica Geingos set the participants alight with words of inspiration, emphasizing on the significance of Public Health to African youth as ...