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## Video: WHO Declares Mpox Outbreaks in Africa a Global Health Emergency

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_Published 2024-08-14. The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent._


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## Transcript

Last week, I announced that I was convening an emergency committee under the international health regulations to evaluate the upsurge of pocs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries in Africa. Today, the emergency committee met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice. The detection and rapid spread of a new clade of epochs in Eastern DRC, It's detection in neighboring countries that had not previously reported epochs, and the potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying.

In addition to other outbreaks of other clades of epochs in other parts of Africa, it's clear that a coordinated international response is essential to stop these outbreaks and save lives. A public emergency of international concern is the highest level of alarm under international health law. The emergency committees advised to me and that of the African CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which yesterday declared a public emergency of regional security are aligned. WHO is on the ground, working with the affected countries and others at risk through our country and regional offices, as well as with partners, including the Africa CDC, NGS, Civil Society, and more.

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