Africa CDC Has Only Received 10% Of Funds Needed To Fight Mpox Outbreak

Reuters (8/28, Miridzhanian) reports, “Africa has secured less than 10% of the estimated $245 million it needs to fight a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, a senior official from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday.” The Democratic Republic of Congo “has committed $10 million to support the fight against the outbreak while the African Union has approved $10.4 million,” leaving a funding gap of approximately $224 million. Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya also “said...that the organization was moving towards securing almost 1 million doses of mpox vaccine,” though “there is no timeline yet on when the vaccines might reach the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is the most affected by the virus.”