Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2023 May-Jun;53:102577. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102577. Epub 2023 Apr 18.
The Monkeypox virus, declared a global emergency outbreak, has garnered increasing response globally. The African healthcare community has not translated urgency in its response to the increasing outbreak. The multisectoral influence of COVID-19 has ensured that response patterns to the emerging outbreak must hold ground for proactiveness. The push for stronger health systems reiterated with the COVID-19 pandemic ensures that a successful response requires awareness of knowledge management, multisectoral and international collaboration and strengthening of systems capacity. The intricacies of the infection transmission ensure that interventions must promote equity and justice as well as financial protection of the population.
猴痘病毒已被宣布为全球紧急疫情爆发，全球对此的反应日益增强。非洲医疗保健界在应对疫情不断升级方面的反应并不紧迫。COVID-19 的多部门影响确保了对新出现疫情的反应模式必须保持积极主动。随着 COVID-19 大流行再次强调加强卫生系统，这意味着成功的应对需要了解知识管理、多部门和国际合作以及加强系统能力。感染传播的复杂性确保了干预措施必须促进公平正义以及保护人民的财务安全。
