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CDC Declares Mpox a Continental Emergency. Can We Prevent a Pandemic?


Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, the Africa Centres for Disease Control has taken the unprecedented step of declaring the outbreak sweeping through African countries a continental public health emergency.

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