Africa CDC Colours, Palettes, and Themes

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a specialised technical institution of the African Union established to support public health initiatives of Member States and strengthen the capacity of their public health institutions to detect, prevent, control and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats.

Africa CDC vision and mission

  • A safer, healthier, integrated and prosperous Africa, in which Member States can efficiently prevent disease transmission, implement surveillance and detection, and always be prepared to respond effectively to health threats and outbreaks.

  • To strengthen the capacity, capability and partnerships of Africa’s public health institutions to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks based on science, policy and data-driven interventions and programmes.

Africa CDC values

  • Professionalism

  • Equity

  • Evidence-based decision-making

  • Integrity

  • Excellence

Africa CDC Colours

The Africa CDC employs three corporate colours: Green, Gold and Black.

These are complemented by a set of five secondary colours.

Africa CDC Palettes

In addition to the primary and secondary colours, a set of tinted palettes for each Africa CDC colour is available.

Tinted green palette

Tinted gold palette

Tinted black palette

Tinted brown palette

Tinted yellow palette

Tinted orange palette

Tinted red palette

Tinted dark green palette

Africa CDC ggplot2 theme

Africa CDC light theme

Africa CDC dark theme