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Wednesday 28 August 2024
Follow-up links:SPECIAL BRIEFING ON THE MPOX EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA
Please find below the link to the Special Briefing held today at the WHO Regional Committee for Africa Meeting.
MPOX – Special Briefing on the MPOX Epidemic in Africa [https://youtu.be/v6JDscciI6E?list=PLGtY9rYxuNeGWdk7cBkN3Bvt2KZTcc1Rs]
Please also see the WHO Director-General’s remarks made today at the 74th session of the Regional Committee for Africa
[https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-remarks-at-the-74th-session-of-the-regional-committee-for-africa—28-august-2024/]
WHO Regional Committee for Africa Meeting | EPR Cluster Mpox & INB Special Session
SPECIAL BRIEFING ON THE MPOX EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA
28 August 2024 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Agenda
Opening Remarks
Dr Ayoade Alakija, ModeratorWelcome Addresses
Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General, Africa CDC
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General
Driving Collective Mpox Action: An Update on the Mpox Public Health Emergency
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Global Mpox IM, WHO/HQ
Dr Fiona Braka, Emergency Response Manager, WHO AFRO
Dr Ngashi Ngongo, Chief-of-Staff (and Mpox IM), Africa CDC
Mpox Situation Report from the Ground
Samuel-Roger Kamba, H.E. Minister of Health, DRCongo
Lydwine Baradahana, H.E. Minister of Health, Burundi
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, H.E. Minister of Health, South Africa
INB Update: Reaching the Finish Line
Dr Precious Matsoso, Co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
Closing Remarks
Additional links:
Mpox situation reports can be found in the following link: WHO – Emergency situation reports [https://www.who.int/emergencies/situation-reports] The latest situation report [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/multi-country-outbreak-of-mpox–external-situation-report-35–12-august-2024] published provides details on the latest epidemiological trends, including an update on the geographic expansion of mpox in the WHO African Region from July – August 2024. 2022-24 Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak:
Global Trends : [https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/]
[https://www.who.int/health-topics/monkeypox#tab=tab_1]
Weekly Epidemiological Record:
WER9934-eng-fre.pdf (who.int) [https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/378522/WER9934-eng-fre.pdf]
Access to photos:
A gallery of selected images for media:
WHO headquarters photo library – Gallery – Mpox (for media) [https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1842/mpox-for-media]
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