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{{current|the ongoing disease|Mpox}}
{{About|the ongoing epidemic|the 2022–2023 outbreak|2022–2023 mpox outbreak}}
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|caption     = {{legend|#441650|Countries with 10,000+ cases}}
{{legend|#882ca0|Countries with 1,000–9,999 cases}}
{{legend|#bc5fd3|Countries with 100–999 cases}}
{{legend|#ddafe9|Countries with 1–99 cases}}
{{legend|#e0e0e0|No confirmed cases}}
|date        = September 2023 – present
|casualties1 =
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| Country | Cases{{Sfn|Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention|2024|p=1}} | Deaths{{Sfn|Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention|2024|p=1}}
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
| 13,791
| 450

| Central African Republic
| 213
| 0

| Republic of the Congo
| 146
| 1

| Cameroon
| 35
| 2

| Nigeria
| 24
| 0

| South Africa
| 22
| 3

| Burundi
| 8
| 0

| Liberia
| 5
| 0

| Ghana
| 4
| 0

| Rwanda
| 2
| 0

| Sweden
| 1
| 0

| Pakistan
| 1
| 0


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| Total | 14,252 | 456
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An epidemic of [[mpox]] began in [[Africa]] in September 2023. As of August 2024, more than 17,000 cases have been reported with over 500 deaths.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/mpox-africa-who-global-health-emergency-f96d1033 |title=Rapid Spread of Mpox in Africa Is Global Health Emergency, WHO Says |date=14 August 2024 |last=Bariyo |first=Nicholas |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> 

On 14 August 2024, the [[World Health Organization]] named the epidemic a [[public health emergency of international concern]] (PHEIC).<ref name=WHO>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/health/mpox-who-emergency-africa.html |title=W.H.O. Declares Global Emergency Over New Mpox Outbreak |date=14 August 2024 |last=Mandavilli |first=Apoorva |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

==Background==
In May 2022, the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) said that [[mpox]] (Monkeypox) was a [[global health emergency]]. The disease had infected 87,000 people and caused 140 deaths when the WHO ended its global emergency the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/health/mpox-who-emergency.html |title=W.H.O. Ends Mpox Global Emergency |date=11 May 2023 |last=Mandavilli |first=Apoorva |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

The disease came back in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (DRC) by January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/1/24/24048361/mpox-covid-outbreak-africa-cdc-public-health |title=A deadly new outbreak is testing Africa's ambitious public health efforts |date=24 January 2024 |last=Scott |first=Dylan |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> In April of the same year, a [[subgroup]] of [[Clade|clade I]] of mpox was found in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newey |first=Sarah |date=16 April 2024 |title=Mutated strain of mpox with 'pandemic potential' found in DRC mining town |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/mpox-outbreak-kamituga-democratic-republic-of-congo-africa/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

In August 2024, the [[Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention|Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (ACDC) said that spreading mpox outbreaks in [[Africa]] had become a public health emergency, with over 500 deaths being reported.<ref name="apnews2">{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Maria |date=14 August 2024 |title=WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads |url=https://apnews.com/article/who-mpox-africa-health-emergency-cc9bdf31b49d06bec5efd44fb55d5e42 |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Outbreak==
On 30 July 2024, the [[Central African Republic]] found an outbreak of mpox in [[Bangui]], after a period of time when the disease was mostly found in rural areas.<ref name="BBCNewsCAR">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm52rk2el81o |title=Central African Republic latest to declare mpox outbreak |date=30 July 2024 |last=Chibelushi |first=Wedaeli |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

On 15 August 2024, [[Sweden]]'s [[Public Health Agency of Sweden|Public Health Agency]] reported the first case outside of Africa, was from a person who had gotten sick with Clade 1 mpox during a stay in an area of Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=15 August 2024 |title=One case of mpox clade I reported in Sweden |url=https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/disease-information-about-mpox/one-case-of-mpox-clade-i-reported-in-sweden/ |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se |publisher=[[Public Health Agency of Sweden]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 August 2024 |title=First case of more contagious mpox found outside Africa |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gqr5lrpwxo |access-date=15 August 2024 |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC]] |last=Kirby |first=Paul}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=15 August 2024 |title=Första bekräftade fallet av nya mpox-varianten i Sverige |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/fhm-mpox-lar-ta-sig-till-sverige-handlar-om-enstaka-fall |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=[[Sveriges Television|SVT Nyheter]] |language=sv}}</ref> That same day, a suspected case of mpox was reported in the [[Pakistan]]i province of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] which was later confirmed to be an actual case of mpox.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Junaidi |first=Ikram |date=2024-08-15 |title=NCOC issues advisory as first suspected mpox case quarantined |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1852458/ncoc-issues-advisory-as-first-suspected-mpox-case-quarantined |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en-PK |agency=Reuters. Agence France-Presse}}</ref>

On 19 August 2024, the Congolese government launched a response plan of forty-nine million dollars, for awareness raising, deployment of teams and care of patients and awaits additional doses of vaccines.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-08-19 |title=Mpox en RDC: un plan de riposte de 49 millions de dollars et des doses de vaccin attendues |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20240819-mpox-en-rdc-un-plan-de-riposte-de-49-millions-de-dollars-et-des-doses-de-vaccin-attendues |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=[[Radio France International|RFI]] |language=fr-FR |agency=Radio France International}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2022–2023 mpox outbreak]]

==References==
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