Politico September 24, 2024
WORLD VIEW
One of Africa’s top public health officials has a message for the world’s leaders: Help stop the mpox outbreak in Africa.
“Not controlling this outbreak in Africa can lead to a pandemic and deaths because we can see mutation again of the virus,” Dr. Jean Kaseya, the director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told Carmen.
A new variant of the virus, known as clade 1b, which transmits easily and can be more deadly, drove the Africa CDC to declare the mpox outbreak a public health emergency in August, a day before the World Health Organization sounded a global alarm about it.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighboring countries have reported more...
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