US EditionVaccination, funding gaps remain challenge to fight against mpox in Africa: WHO
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On 13 August 2024, the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC, AU body) officially declared the ongoing mpox epidemic as a public health and continental security emergency (PHECS). One year later, the situation is improving, but the WHO calls not to decrease custody.
Mpox – a subform of smallpox viruses – continues to spread. Researchers are now sounding the alarm.
Africa’s Mpox Response: Better Diagnostics One Year Into Emergency - Health Policy Watch
African countries worst affected by mpox have rapidly expanded their diagnostic capacity, with more laboratories and better-trained health workers, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicentre of the mpox outbreak, has increased its laboratories from two in January […]
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