Mpox in Sierra Leone: Inside the Response to a Fast-Moving Outbreak

Mpox in Sierra Leone: Inside the response to a fast-moving outbreak

“We see patients arriving late, with painful wounds, afraid of being seen or rejected by their communities.” “We see patients arriving late, with painful wounds, afraid of being seen or rejected by their communities.”

AHF • AHF Urges Vaccine Equity as Mpox Cases Surge in Sierra Leone

As Sierra Leone grapples with the rapid escalation of mpox cases, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) calls for urgent global action to improve vaccination efforts for the response, including Bavarian Nordic lowering the price of the vaccine and transferring technology and know-how to regional manufacturers. AHF also urges wealthy nations to donate vaccine doses from existing stockpiles. Sierra Leone accounted for 41% of the continent’s cases as of…

Mpox Surge in Sierra Leone: A Stress Test for National Readiness

Epidemics have a habit of revealing whether the last crisis was truly instructive or merely traumatic