The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is developing a Continental Response Plan to guide the response to the Mpox outbreak in African countries. The Africa CDC Director-General, Jean Kaseya, disclosed this during an online media briefing on Tuesday. According to him, the plan is being worked on, and a draft of the document should be submitted to relevant groups, such as the Emergency Response Consultancy Group, for their input by Wednesday.
Mr Kaseye said that the plan has two major components. One is the individual response plan of African countries affected by the outbreak of the zoonotic disease, and the other centres on the response plan obtained from partners providing technical support. He said these partners play a crucial role in “responding to the outbreak of Mpox in the country.
” “This is not just about Africa CDC. It is also about other partners within and outside the continent who have joined the effort to curb the outbreak. “Mpox is not an African disease.
This is wrong. It is a public health concern that is affecting countries around the world,” he said. PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible.
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