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Maroc Maroc - NEWSDELIVERS.COM - A La Une - 15/Aug 02:47

WHO Declares Mpox a Global Health Emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday (14/8) declared the current surge in mpox cases in Africa to be a global health emergency, sounding its highest warning alarm over the worsening situation. “Today, the emergency committee met and advised me of their view that this situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I accepted that advice,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference. “This is a situation that must concern us all. WHO is committed in the days and weeks ahead to coordinating a global response, working closely with every country affected, and scaling up our engagement on the ground, to prevent the spread, care for those infected, and save lives,” he added. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday convened an expert meeting to decide whether the surge in mpox cases in Africa should be declared a global public health emergency. The meeting of 16 international experts comes after the African Union's health watchdog declared its own public health emergency following the outbreak. Mpox has spread throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus, previously known as monkeypox, was first discovered in humans in 1970, and has spread to other countries. WHO chief Tedros …

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