Yap Boum II, a public health expert, and Nicaise Ndembi, deputy incident manager at the Institut Pasteur de Bangui and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, emphasized the need for diverse approaches to managing the rapidly spreading mpox outbreak, which has caused over 52,000 cases and 1,798 deaths. The disease, with different viral clades affecting various populations, poses challenges in treatment, transmission, and control. The situation is worsened by limited access to medical countermeasures and inadequate global response. Effective strategies should include locally produced vaccines, collaborative research, and targeted interventions tailored to the unique characteristics of the outbreaks to prevent future health crises.
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Mpox needs a locally tailored global response
