Pambuyo pa kuphulika kwa Mpox (yomwe poyamba inkadziwika kuti monkeypox) yapha anthu mazanamazana ku Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) yalengeza zadzidzidzi zaumoyo ku kontinenti.
Mpokisi imafalikira makamaka kudzera pakhungu komanso kukhudzana ndi mphuno ndi munthu yemwe ali ndi kachilombo, zinthu zomwe zili ndi kachilombo, kapena nyama zomwe zili ndi kachilombo. Zizindikiro zake zimawonekera ngati zidzolo, kupweteka kwa msana, kutupa kwa ma lymph nodes, kutentha thupi, kupweteka mutu, komanso kusapeza bwino kwa minofu ndi thupi. Kachilomboka kanadziwika koyambirira kwa anyani a macaque kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1950. Bungwe la World Health Organization linanena kuti munthu woyamba kudwala mu 1970 ku Democratic Republic of the Congo (komwe kale kunali Zaire), kumene matendawa akupitirizabe kufala.
Posachedwa, bungwe la Africa CDC lidatulutsa chenjezo lokhudza kufalikira kofulumira kwa matenda a virus, makamaka kuwonetsa mtundu wina watsopano womwe umatchedwa Clade Ib, womwe wafala kwambiri ku Democratic Republic of the Congo komwe kwakhudzidwa ndi mikangano. Bungwe la zaumoyo lati mayiko omwe kale analibe mliri, monga Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, ndi Uganda, tsopano anena za milandu, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu 2,863 atsimikizidwe kuti ali ndi matenda komanso anthu 517 amwalira ku Democratic Republic. Kuphatikiza apo, mu June, unduna wa zaumoyo ku South Africa udalemba milandu isanu ya matendawa, kuphatikiza imfa ya bambo wazaka 37 yemwe adadwala matendawa.
Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa bungwe lotsogolera zaumoyo ku Africa, a Jean Kaseya, adalengeza zomwe zachitika posachedwa pamsonkhano wa atolankhani womwe unachitika dzulo: "Tikulengeza za Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHECS) kuti tilimbikitse mabungwe athu, kugwirizanitsa malingaliro athu onse, ndikugawa magawo athu. zothandizira kuti achitepo kanthu mwachangu komanso motsimikiza. ”
“Mkhalidwe umenewu umaposa vuto wamba; zikuyimira vuto lomwe likufunika kuyankha mogwirizana. Tikupempha abwenzi athu apadziko lonse lapansi kuti atengere mwayiwu kutenga njira yatsopano ndikugwira ntchito limodzi ndi bungwe la Africa CDC popereka chithandizo chofunikira kumayiko omwe ali mamembala athu,” adatero Kaseya.
Kaseya adanenanso kuti mgwirizano wakhazikitsidwa ndi bungwe la EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, limodzi ndi kampani ya biotechnology ya Bavarian Nordic, kuti agule ndikugawa msanga katemera 200,000 kumadera omwe akhudzidwawo. "Tili ndi njira yotsimikizika yopezera Mlingo wopitilira 10 miliyoni ku Africa, kuyambira ndi Mlingo 3 miliyoni mu 2024," adawonjezera.
Malinga ndi Africa CDC Director General, pakadali pano, palibe chifukwa choletsa kuyenda.
Pamsonkhano wa komiti yangozi Lachitatu, Bungwe la World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus adalengeza kuti bungweli lapanga njira yoyankhira madera omwe akufunika ndalama zoyambira $ 15 miliyoni kuthana ndi mliri wa Mpox ku Africa. Adanenanso kuti $ 1.45 miliyoni yaperekedwa kale kuchokera ku WHO Contingency Fund for Emergency, ndi cholinga chopereka ndalama zowonjezera posachedwa.
Komiti ya World Health Organisation idakumana kuti awone ngati kufalikira ku Africa kuli koyenera ngati vuto lazaumoyo wapadziko lonse lapansi. Bungwe la zaumoyo padziko lonse limeneli linali litaikapo kale Mpox ngati a zoopsa zaumphawi za mayiko osiyanasiyana mu Meyi 2022, dzina lomwe lidagwirabe ntchito mpaka Julayi 2023, pomwe mtundu wocheperako wa kachilomboka udafalikira kumayiko opitilira zana.
