This would be the first ever emergency declaration for the African continent. What's the reason for this sense of urgency?
Nurse Christian Musema takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case mpox at the treatment center in Munigi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus has been surging. Cases have also been identified in four other countries in East Africa.The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has never done anything like this before. The agency is poised to declare a “public health emergency of continental security” as early as next week.
Kaseya says that it’s particularly concerning that about 70% of cases in the DRC are in children under 18. “This one is a major alarm for the world,” he says. “We are losing the youth in Africa.” The World Health Organization has also taken note of the evolving mpox situation. This week it announced that the group is convening an emergency committee to determine whether it will make a similar declaration to that of Africa CDC, designating the situation a public health emergency of international concern. “The committee will meet as soon as possible,” says WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.There’s concern about mpox in the U.S. as well. The U.S.
In addition, this Wednesday, the U.S. pledged nearly $424 million dollars to help with what USAID calls an “While Japan, the U.S., the European Union and the manufacturers are working on vaccine donations. Africa CDC says the need far outstrips what’s in the pipeline.
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