Prognosis
How the World Sleepwalked Into the Global Mpox Emergency
- Vaccines have yet to reach the epicenter of the outbreak
- War and other threats have been prioritized over global health
WATCH: A mutated form of mpox has been circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo for months. Janice Kew reports.
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A mutated form of mpox has been circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo for months. Now the response to what has become a global health emergency faces a key obstacle: The country still doesn’t have a single vaccine.
The absence of shots and challenges in understanding the spread of the disease in the central African country underscore how hold-ups on the ground, a lack of international coordination and funding problems have hampered a swift response.