The South China Morning Post published on 15 November 2023 an article titled "Chinese-funded Africa CDC Laboratory Opens in Ethiopia as Beijing Looks to Health Diplomacy to Boost Influence" by Jevans Nyabiage.
China has added construction of a new laboratory for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Addis Ababa, but the United States continues to provide much of the funding for CDC programs in Africa.
