Africa CDC calls for increased domestic health funding

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised concerns over the growing strain on health systems across the continent due to funding shortfalls, insecurity, and recurring disease outbreaks.
The Director-General of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya disclosed this on Thursday during the Mpox weekly briefing.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Mpox a global public health emergency in August 2024, for the second time in two years.

This is following the spread of a new variant of the viral infection from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to neighbouring countries.