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Global And Continental Health Bodies Scale Up Mpox Response

The Africa Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have jointly launched a response plan to curb the spread of the Mpox virus on the continent. The six-month intervention is expected to target 14 affected countries and help create preparedness in others, a statement from Africa CDC said. The $600 million plan will be "tailored to the unique epidemiology and risk profiles of each member state." 

The last few years have witnessed an "unprecedented" increase in the number of Mpox cases in Africa. In addition to animal-linked outbreaks, "the intensified human-to-human transmission through sexual behaviors and other factors requires urgent attention and an enhanced response," the statement continued.

Michel Lunanga | Location: North Kivu

An MSF health promoter explains the signs and symptoms of mpox to camp people present inside the health centre supported by MSF in the Kanyaruchinya displacement site, on the outskirts of Goma. :

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