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Africa - Urgent Mpox Outbreak 2024
August 14 , 2024
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- Monkeypox outbreak began in Democratic Republic of Congo but has now spread over nine other African countries including Burundi, Central African Republic, Rwanda and South Africa.
- The mpox outbreak was last reported during 2022-23 and has intensified since then.
- The infection is similar to smallpox which was effectively eradicated in 1980.
- But mpox has continued to make headlines in central and west Africa.
- Historically, the first human case of mpox was recorded in DRC in 1970.
- Mpox is a zoonosis, a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans.
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