The World Health Organization (WHO) will “need US$87.4 million over 6 months, from September 2024 to February 2025 to work with countries, partners and other parties engaged in the mission to stop and contain the current Mpox outbreak”, which has its epicenter in Africa. This is the appeal launched by the UN health agency that has announced its financial needs for the response to Mpox, known as monkeypox before its name was changed to anti-stigma.
After the declaration of the international public health emergency, which arrived on August 14, a Global Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response was developed, which speaks of 135 million dollars needed in 6 months. This, explains the WHO in a note, is the estimated budget for international support to national responses against Mpox, among various partners and stakeholders, and the figure includes the 87.4 million for the WHO. The funds requested by the agency will be used in the headquarters and in regional and national offices to enable coordination of the response, provide technical assistance, manage operations and deliver medical supplies. The aim is to implement the crucial activities defined in the Plan developed by the WHO to guide the global response to the virus. A plan that ranges from surveillance to research, to equitable access to medical countermeasures and community empowerment.
“WHO – the appeal reads – calls on donors to urgently fund the full scope of the response to Mpox to prevent further spread and protect those most at risk.”
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