WHO Calls for Donations after Declaring Mpox a 'Health Emergency’ — VOA Learning English
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The World Health Organization is calling for donations to fight the latest outbreak of the viral disease mpox in Africa.
The U.N. health agency declared mpox in Africa a "public health emergency of international concern" last week.
The director-general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made the announcement after a meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee. The move follows a declaration by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). That organization declared mpox a public health emergency in Africa one day earlier.
The WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and more than 524 deaths in Africa this year. So far, about 96 percent of all cases and deaths…
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