Africas main public health body said it is seeking assurances that US President-elect Donald Trumps administration will provide the funding and mpox vaccines promised by his predecessor.
In September, US President Joe Biden pledged 500 million US dollars and 1 million vaccine doses to an mpox response plan led by the Africa Centres for Disease Control CDC and Prevention, which is battling an mpox outbreak on the continent .
While mpox cases continue to spread on the African continent, donors have been slow to translate their promises into money and vaccines needed to accelerate the response, according to Africa CDC.
Asked if Trumps recent electoral victory could impact US support for African healthcare, Africa CDC Director John Kaseya said he would push the new administration to honour existing promises.
As we start to discuss with some of the officials well continue to talk to them and to engage them to fulfil their commitment, Kaseya told reporters.
