Nairobi will anchor Africa's disease-response network across 14 countries

Kenya has signed a framework agreement with the Africa Centres for Disease Control to host the Eastern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre in Nairobi. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and Africa CDC Director-General Dr Jean Kaseya sealed the deal at the World Health Summit Regional Meeting, creating a hub to coordinate preparedness, surveillance and emergency response for 14 member states.