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Sat, 2009-03-21 11:57 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this working group is to articulate and shape issues of resilience and sustainability on the continent of Africa as they may be implemented as reforms of current policies, as well as contemplate and make recommendations for more extensive critiques and proposals for national, provincial, and local systems transformation, as may be necessary or desirable beyond the scope of traditional reforms being undertaken by the current African national governments and local government proposals in Africa.

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UN migration agency appeals for $18.5 mln in assistance for mpox outbreak

Wed, 2024-08-21 09:56 — mike kraft

UN migration agency appeals for $18.5 mln in assistance for mpox outbreak | Reuters

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Africa
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United Nations
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Mpox
Disease Prevention
Health
Public Health
Vaccinations
Economics
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Situation Report

Amid Global Emergency and Increased Cases, Congo to Receive Mpox Vaccine Next Week from the U.S.

Mon, 2024-08-19 18:33 — mike kraft
Congo gives update on mpox vaccine amid global emergency The Congo's health minister announced the country will soon receive its first batch of mpox vaccines. Newsweek

The Congo is set to receive its first batch of vaccine doses from the United States to combat the ongoing mpox outbreak next week, the country's health minister said in a press conference on Monday.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mpox
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International Nurses Organization Proposes Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries

Mon, 2024-08-19 17:50 — mike kraft

 

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Mpox is a global health emergency, but seems unlikely to trigger another pandemic

Mon, 2024-08-19 10:09 — mike kraft

 

Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic? The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission. AP News

 

Is mpox going to trigger another pandemic:

That seems highly unlikely. Pandemics, including the most recent ones of swine flu and COVID-19, are typically sparked by airborne viruses that spread quickly, including by people who may not be showing symptoms.

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Analysis: Antiviral TPOXX, used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH

Fri, 2024-08-16 12:17 — mike kraft
Antiviral used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH says Just as mpox is declared a global health emergency, the antiviral tecovirimat is found to be no better than placebo against it. Jason Mast STAT

The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that an antiviral often used to treat mpox did not resolve patients’ symptoms faster than placebo in a randomized trial.

The results are notable because the drug, tecovirimat, has rarely been studied clinically for mpox, despite its wide use during the 2022 and 2023 outbreaks in the U.S. and Europe.

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Shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa--IFRC

Fri, 2024-08-16 11:43 — mike kraft

IFRC says shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa | Reuters

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Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mpox
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Analysis: Background on Mpox problem

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:47 — mike kraft
Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again. The mpox outbreak never ended in Africa. Now a deadlier strain is spreading. Jess Craig Vox

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Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO declared an emergency

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:36 — mike kraft
Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central African country for months even as the World Health Organization considers following Africa’s top public health agency in declaring the outbreak an emergency. Jennifer Rigby
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Africa
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Mpox
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Mpox outbreaks in Africa declared a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads-_WHO

Wed, 2024-08-14 16:30 — mike kraft
WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency. AP News

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, 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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Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mpox
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Dengue fever is having a banner year, up anestimated 232%--UN

Fri, 2024-07-26 17:39 — mike kraft

 

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