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The monkeypox virus: A public health challenge threatening Africa.
Article in Public health challenges, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- MPOX outbreak in Africa: the urgent need for local manufacturing of the vaccine and decolonized health systems.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of Public Health Interventions and Control Measures During Mpox Outbreaks: Enhancing Strategies for Disease Prevention and Management.Public health challenges · 2025Article
- Understanding the resurgence of mpox: key drivers and lessons from recent outbreaks in Africa.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Review
- Climate change and contagion: the emerging threat of zoonotic diseases in Africa.Infection ecology & epidemiology · 2025Article
- Syndemic Challenges: Addressing the Resurgence of Mpox Amidst Concurrent Outbreaks in the DRC.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2024Review
- Assessment of the knowledge of healthcare workers on monkeypox in Nigeria.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2024Article
- Knowledge, Attitude and Associated Factors of Monkeypox Infection Among Healthcare Workers in Injibara General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Plausible reasons for the resurgence of Mpox (formerly Monkeypox): an overview.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2023Review
- Emerging viral zoonotic diseases: time to address the root causes.Bulletin of the National Research Centre · 2023Article
- Healthcare workers and monkeypox: The case for risk mitigation.International journal of surgery open · 2023Article
- The monkeypox virus: A public health challenge threatening Africa.Public health challenges · 2022Article
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Abstract
On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organization reported monkeypox cases in over 75 countries and, as a result, declared the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Despite Africa being the centre of the zoonotic disease evolution, its healthcare systems have not provided optimum attention to the problem. The African healthcare system is under the threat of a repeat of the situation that transpired during the COVID-19 pandemonium if stringent measures are not implemented immediately. Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic should inform emergency preparedness and response from African countries. Concerted and sustainable efforts can be achieved by reviewing and redesigning strategic preparedness plans for testing and vaccination as in previous pandemics. Africa needs to drive this response with collaboration and a united response, and with the use of strategic communication and a sense of urgency. Africa should prioritise access to available vaccines and invest in systems development for local vaccine production. In this article, we argue that monkeypox virus has serious public health implications in Africa and the region.
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