The acting head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that a vaccine campaign against monkeypox should start in Africa.
Many people in Africa were not able to get needed shots.
The acting director of the Africa CDC said that countries that have been hardest hit by the disease have not gotten any monkeypox vaccine.
The outbreak in Africa is not yet contained according to Ouma.
African countries faced a situation where they were unable to secure life saving vaccines as wealthy countries snapped up supplies during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
There have been 66 fatal cases of monkeypox in Africa this year, according to Ouma.
He said infections have been confirmed in nine countries.
The world health organization responded. The Africa CDC is working with the WHO to get a vaccine for monkeypox. The WHO doesn't recommend mass vaccinations for monkeypox, but the continent should be prepared for it. The WHO is working to secure thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa in order to keep an eye on diseases.
In parts of Central and Western Africa, where it is believed to be harbored by rodents, monkeypox is rare. For which treatments and vaccines are available, it is well understood, but supplies are scarce and up-to-date clinical data is hard to come by. Most cases of monkeypox outside of Africa have been linked to travel in the region, which is why the discovery of the virus spreading in Europe and North America in May alarmed scientists. The WHO is pushing for the virus to be renamed to "minimize the negative impact" because of the racist rhetoric linking it to Africa. Reports that a majority of cases were among men who identify as gay or bisexual or who have sex with men have been denounced by experts.
2,00. There have been 39 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 39 countries, according to the WHO. There are eight countries in Africa that are included in the WHO figure. There are many similar cases that are not confirmed. There are a lot of cases outside of Africa. Europe is where the majority of these are, according to the WHO's director for the region. 85% of the global total has been reported in 25 countries.
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