WHO and Africa CDC launch response plan to the mpox outbreak

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization on Friday launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox.

The joint initiative aims to strengthen and accelerate African countries’ response to the virus, supporting their efforts to curb its spread, and to save and protect lives.

It will get underway this month and run through to February next year, with an estimated…