2024-08-15 06:00:09
Imagine a smallpox-like disease spreading to all regions of France, killing hundreds of people, mostly children, in addition to thousands of cases. Now imagine Germany, the UK and the Netherlands starting to see cases. Isn’t this a major international health emergency?
This is exactly what happened in East Africa this year. In recent weeks, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda have announced the emergence of an invasive poxvirus (monkeypox, formerly known as “monkeypox”) – clade 1b – in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC) is wreaking havoc everywhere, especially affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Against this background, on Wednesday, August 14, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened a group of advisers in Geneva, Switzerland, to declare COVID-19 an “international public health emergency.”
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also, The African Union has committed more than $10 million (over €9 million) to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Africa CDCfight the epidemic together. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that MPOX is considered a public health emergency in China.
March, FIND, the world’s leading diagnostic organization, issues a warning Unless governments and partners work closely with communities on prevention and control and provide essential health tools (including tests, treatments and vaccines) to MPOX epicenters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spillover effects to neighboring countries are almost inevitable , and even further countries.
The convening of the ACT Accelerator Conference
Now that a public health emergency has been declared, I immediately conveneACT AcceleratorCreated in the context of Covid-19, the organization brings together health agency heads and experts to ensure lessons are learned from the pandemic, including equitable sharing of health tools. It is also important to start working with community groups to break down stigma and raise awareness about virus prevention and treatment.
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Global epidemic of clade 2 strains of MPOX has spread to more countries since 2022 from 100 countries, resulting in more than 90,000 cases and 140 deaths. The virus, which primarily affects gay and bisexual men, has been relatively contained thanks to the rollout of testing, treatments and vaccines, as well as intensive engagement with community groups.
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