Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.  Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.

On this page you will find information about other African national Infection Prevention and Control societies.  Each society listed is affilited with ICAN.

Every 5 May, WHO calls for a renewed focus on hand hygiene improvement and sustainability in health care. Health care settings are asked to sign up to the WHO 5 May SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands Campaign if not already and to respond to the call to action.

The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 121 events in the Africa region. This week’s articles cover Visceral Leishmaniasis in Chad, Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan and COVID-19 across the WHO African region

Click here to access the latest news stories from ICAN Africa and other Infection Prevention organisations

The ICAN biennial Congress provides a platform throughout Africa for sharing knowledge, experience and best practices in Infection Prevention and Control with the goal of ensuring access to safe and quality healthcare across the continent.