Mpox in Africa was neglected during the previous outbreak, and requires urgent action and investment by leaders now to prevent global spread

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Mpox in Africa was neglected during the previous outbreak, and requires urgent action and investment by leaders now to prevent global spread, claim experts from The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, ex-NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark, former Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and other global health specialists. 

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003714

Article Title: Mpox: Neglect has led to a more dangerous virus now spreading across borders, harming and killing people. Leaders must take action to stop mpox now

Author Countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Funding: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is supporting the ongoing work of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response under INV-059481. CM, HEM, AN are consultants under this grant. CM led the writing and coordination of this manuscript. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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Journal

PLOS Global Public Health

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgph.0003714 

Article Publication Date

17-Oct-2024

COI Statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.