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Africa: Sierra Leone’s Mpox Surge Puts Africa’s Epidemic Preparedness to the Test

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago011 mins

The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest hotspot. Sierra Leone has faced the previous emergence of mpox cases, but none that escalated into an outbreak of the scale we are witnessing today. The surge…

Africa: Mpox Remains Public Health Emergency of International Concern – WHO

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago07 mins

PREMIUM TIMES review of WHO global mpox trends shows that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains the epicentre, consistently reporting between 200 and 600 new weekly cases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has maintained that Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General,…