Mpox outbreaks in Africa constitute a public health emergency of continental security

Affiliations

• ¹ Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Electronic address: nicaisen@africacdc.org.
• ² Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 22005, Nigeria.
• ³ Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• ⁴ Congolese Foundation for Medical Research, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
• ⁵ Niger Delta University, Bayelsa, Nigeria.
• ⁶ Department of Public Health, Cairo University, Egypt.