{"id":120853,"date":"2024-11-01T14:13:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120853"},"modified":"2024-11-01T14:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:13:48","slug":"africa-cdc-warns-mpox-is-not-under-control-appeals-for-resources-health-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120853","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC warns mpox is not under control, appeals for resources | Health News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>African Union health watchdog\u2019s chief has said mpox outbreak is \u2018still on the upward trend generally\u2019 as cases spread.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The African Union\u2019s health watchdog has warned that the mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a \u201cmore severe\u201d pandemic than COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation is not yet under control, we are still on the upward trend generally,\u201d Ngashi Ngongo from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) told a briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,100 people have died of mpox in Africa, where some 48,000 cases have been recorded since January, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>Cases were still increasing in several countries as the continent struggled to contain another major outbreak coming on the heels of COVID-19 that exposed weaknesses in Africa\u2019s health system.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 19 countries in Africa have reported cases of mpox after an infection was detected in Mauritius, popular with tourists attracted to its stunning white beaches and crystal-clear waters.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the funds to contain the outbreak were in short supply, Africa CDC warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we need is the continuous political and financial mobilisation,\u201d Ngongo said, adding that this was a necessary measure to stop mpox from being another pandemic \u201cwhich would be much more severe than COVID-19\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals but can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact.<\/p>\n<p>The viral disease related to smallpox causes fever, body aches, swollen lymph nodes and a rash that forms into blisters, and has two main subtypes \u2013 clade 1 and clade 2.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom announced on Wednesday that it had detected the country\u2019s first case with the latest mpox variant, clade 1b. It has also been detected in Sweden and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Central Africa, which has been hardest hit by the outbreak, accounts for 85.7 percent of cases and 99.5 percent of deaths on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of deaths have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicentre of the outbreak, which launched a vaccination drive earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/10\/31\/africa-cdc-warns-mpox-is-not-under-control-appeals-for-resources\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African Union health watchdog\u2019s chief has said mpox outbreak is \u2018still on the upward trend generally\u2019 as cases spread. 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