Archive for August 22nd, 2024

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22/08/2024

Mpox: What You Need to Know about the Latest Public Health Emergency

Human Wrongs Watch

By Eileen Travers

(UN News)* — The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it once again a public health emergency of international concern last week.

WHO is scaling up response to curb a growing mpox outbreak in the African region.
© WHO/Katson Maliro | WHO is scaling up response to curb a growing mpox outbreak in the African region.
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But, what is it, where did it come from and how can the world deal with the threat, which inevitably raises the spectre of pandemics past such as COVID-19 and the early spread of HIV infections?

Here’s what you need to know:

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22/08/2024

Neglected for Years, Mpox Now a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

Human Wrongs Watch

By Joyce Chimbi

NAIROBI, Aug 20 2024 (IPS)* – There is a deadly outbreak of a new and graver variant of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and at least one case has been confirmed in nearly 12 African countries, including those like Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, and Rwanda that were previously unaffected.

Kenya has activated all 26 public health emergency operations centers countrywide and prepared laboratories for mpox testing to manage and control an mpox outbreak. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS

Kenya has activated all 26 public health emergency operations centers countrywide and prepared laboratories for mpox testing to manage and control an mpox outbreak. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS

Suspected mpox cases across these countries have surpassed 17,000, a significant increase from 7,146 cases in 2022 and 14,957 cases in 2023.

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22/08/2024

The International Organization for Migration Appeals for USD 18.5 Million [!] to Urgently Aid Mpox-Affected Populations in East, Southern Africa

Human Wrongs Watch

Nairobi, 21 August 2024 (IOM)* – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 18.5 million to provide crucial health-care services to migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host communities in East, Horn, and Southern Africa at risk of mpox.   

Mpox assessment in Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: World Health Organization

Mpox assessment in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: World Health Organization

“The spread of mpox across East, Horn, and Southern Africa is a grave concern, especially for the vulnerable migrant, highly mobile populations and displaced communities often overlooked in such crises,” said Amy Pope, IOM Director General.

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