Africa faces cholera, Mpox, other emergencies amid funding boost

Africa is confronting multiple high-burden health emergencies, including widespread cholera outbreaks, rising Mpox cases and active viral haemorrhagic fever events.These emergencies, however, are occurring as the continent is receiving major global financing to strengthen pandemic preparedness.Prof. Yap Boum, Incident Manager for Health Emergencies at Africa CDC, made the remarks on Friday during the continent’s virtual weekly press briefing.Boum, who said Africa remains a “high-thr