The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking experts to determine if the increasing spread of mpox in Africa constitutes a global emergency.
Cases have risen by 160% and deaths by 19% compared to last year, with a new, deadlier strain emerging in Congo.
The WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has released $1 million from the emergency fund to support the response to the outbreak.
While mpox was declared a global emergency in 2022 due to its spread in other parts of the world, access to vaccines and treatments in Africa remains limited.
