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By 2030, up to 42% of the world&#8217;s youth are projected to be African.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging this, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has been engaging African youth through initiatives such as the AU COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa Initiative and the Africa CDC\u2019s inaugural Youth Advisory Team for Health (YAT4H). Another key element of Africa CDC\u2019s youth engagement efforts is its Youth Pre-Conference, an annual event that brings together young people from across the African continent to discuss and strategise on issues related to health.<br \/>\nFrom 25 to 26 November 2023, Africa CDC convened the 2nd Youth Pre-Conference in Lusaka, Zambia, on the margins of the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2023). The theme of the Pre-Conference was \u201cYouth Leadership for a Safer and Healthier Africa\u201d. It aimed to continue and intensify the conversation on youth engagement at Africa CDC and in public health on the African continent. It also provided a platform to showcase examples of youth leadership in innovating public health solutions on the continent and to network across countries and regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACKGROUND Africa has a high disease burden which not only poses a threat to the health of its people but also impedes its progress towards achieving the Goal 1.3 Healthy and well-nourished citizens of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063. 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