In response to its growing spread and rise in fatalities, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared Mpox, formerly Monkeypox, a continental public health emergency.
The Director General of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, announced this on Tuesday during a “special press briefing” on crucial steps and implications of the disease to Africa’s health security.
According to the World Health Organisation, Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), a…
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