(Press-News.org) Mpox in Africa was neglected during the previous outbreak, and requires urgent action and investment by leaders now to prevent global spread, claim experts from The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, ex-NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark, former Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and other global health specialists.
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003714
Article Title: Mpox: Neglect has led to a more dangerous virus now spreading across borders, harming and killing people. Leaders must take action to stop mpox now
Author Countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Funding: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is supporting the ongoing work of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response under INV-059481. CM, HEM, AN are consultants under this grant. CM led the writing and coordination of this manuscript. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Mpox in Africa was neglected during the previous outbreak, and requires urgent action and investment by leaders now to prevent global spread
2024-10-17
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