South Africa: Access to equitable medical countermeasures imperative to curbing Mpox virus sweeping through Africa, expert stresses

The Mpox virus has made headlines recently, with 15,132 confirmed cases sweeping through countries in Africa, including Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Uganda and Kenya.

The continued spread has made medical experts call for vaccines to be made available as quickly as possible.

Speaking to Daily Maverick, Professor Helen Rees, the Executive Director at research institute Wits RHI and who is internationally renowned…