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5 months ago • •

Matt Hodgkinson
5 months ago • •

Madhukar Pai writing in the BMJ calls for genuine global health equity and solidarity to tackle the current mpox 1b outbreak.

doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1803

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Madhukar Pai (He/Him). Inaugural Chair, Department of Global...

In BMJ today, Ifedayo Adetifa and I call for authentic global solidarity (not performative charity), equity, and urgent support for African countries to mitigate mpox outbreaks

We must NOT repeat the mistakes of HIV, Ebola or Covid!

https://lnkd.in/gzwcuDzS

BMJ Opinion. 2 pages

Image of text, freely available via link. Begins:
Opinion
Mpox outbreaks in Africa—we must avert another failure of global solidarity
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1803 (Published 15 August 2024)
Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q1803
Ifedayo MO Adetifa, former director general
Madhukar Pai, Chair
Correspondence to M Pai madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca

We need authentic global solidarity, equity, and urgent support for African countries to mitigate mpox outbreaks, write Ifedayo MO Adetifa and Madhukar Pai

On 13 August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency of continental security. This outbreak is driven by the emergence of a new clade 1b variant that is better adapted to human-to-human transmission. On 14 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005).

Amid another widespread epidemic is another unfolding story of vaccine inequity...

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