GENEVA August 26. 2024 (Saba) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a six-month plan to help stop the mpox outbreak, including increasing staff in affected countries and strengthening surveillance and prevention strategies.
The WHO expects the plan, which will run from September to February next year, will require $135 million in funding and aims to improve equitable access to vaccines, especially in African countries hardest hit by the outbreak.
Russia WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement: "The outbreak of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries can be controlled, and it can be stopped."
He added that the organization had "increased the number of its staff in the affected countries."
In mid-August, the World Health Organization classified the monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency.
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