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The Wall Africa Journal
Author: Nick Dearden
It has been a year since the first outbreak of a new more deadly variant of the mpox virus was first reported in central Africa. Since the start of the year, more than 20,000 cases and well over 500 deaths, most of them children, have been officially reported, but the actual numbers are likely higher. The epicentre of the outbreak has been eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has suffered the overwhelming majority of deaths. In mid-August, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”. Countries around the world looked on…
