WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Global Public Health Emergency: Africa
Of the total number, more than 50 per cent of cases were in the Greater Accra region with the rest identified in the Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Eastern and Upper West regions.
At least, 11 Africa Union member states accounted for approximately 12 per cent of all reported cases with the region having the highest fatality rate globally. The recent development on MPX comes at a time Ghana's Public Health system was strained with several public health emergencies, including COVID-19 and the Marburg Virus.
Meanwhile, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has welcomed the news of MPX as PHEIC and assured of moving to support preparedness and response efforts of AU countries to contain the disease. From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 12,457 cases of MPX have been reported in Africa with at least 365 deaths ; 7,376 cases and 203 deaths ; in 2020, 3,050 cases and 87 deaths in 2021 and 2,031 MPX cases with 75 deaths , in 2022.
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