The viral disease mpox formerly known as monkeypox has become a worldwide threat once again On Wednesday afternoon the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of
The World Health Organization declared mpox to be a global health threat for the second time in three years A surge of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number of African countries raised concern about the potential for a larger outbreak A new deadlier viral strain is responsible for many of those cases
Committee Chair Professor Dimie Ogoina said The current upsurge of mpox in parts of Africa along with the spread of a new sexually transmissible strain of the monkeypox virus is an emergency not only for Africa but for the entire globe Mpox originating in Africa was neglected there and later caused a global outbreak in 2022
Declaring the mpox outbreak a public health emergency is necessary but it should have been done sooner Moving forward there needs to be a rapid mobilization of resources including diagnostics
The WHO previously declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern or PHEIC during an outbreak in 2022 which spread to countries where the virus is not endemic including the
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The spread of a newer strain of mpox in Africa led the World Health Organization WHO to declare the disease a public health emergency of international concern PHEIC on Wednesday This newer strain is believed to be behind an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC with more than 14000 cases mostly among children and more than 500 deaths and has been detected in
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