- Countries impacted by mpox emergency have received little help
- Congo requires hundreds of millions of dollars for vaccines
The World Health Organization appealed for support this week by declaring the latest mpox outbreak in Africa an international health emergency. Trouble is, there are scant funds currently available to tackle the potentially lethal virus.
Curbing the spread of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries will require campaigns of surveillance, public health education and vaccination that will be expensive, particularly for the impoverished nation at the center of the crisis.
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