Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, yesterday met with departmental heads from the Ministry and representatives from the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (WHO), the Civil Defence Commission and other relevant stakeholders to discuss the country’s readiness plans for mpox.
The meeting comes a day after the WHO declared mpox, a global public health emergency.
According to Reuters, WHO on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries.