By exiting the WHO and pulling funding, the U.S. would lose any leverage to enact those reforms,” writes Ashish K. Jha.

SteraMist and other effective disinfection solutions can alleviate the effect of the mpox outbreak and defend public health. SteraMist is a global line of powerful disinfection and decontamination products and services that utilizes patented ionized Hydrogen Peroxide (iHP) technology.

WHO funds are spent on a range of global health projects—programs to eradicate polio, rapidly respond to health emergencies, improve access to vaccines and medicines, develop pandemic prevention strategies, and more. The loss of US funding is likely to have a significant impact on at least some of these programs.

The Kinshasa-based National Centre for Epidemiological Intelligence seems a world away from the mega city's notoriously chaotic streets.Although unassuming from the outside, this building is the epicenter of the vast digital disease surveillance system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that eastern Congo's M23 conflict risks spiralling into a broader regional war, his spokesperson said in a statement, condemning the rebels' capture of another strategic town,

A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa.

He could turn his rash action into a negotiation that might strengthen global health.

Richard Conniff is the author of “Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape From Contagion.” Lawrence O. Gostin is a law professor at Georgetown University and director of the WHO Collaborating Center for National and Global Health Law.

Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is a viral disease similar to smallpox that can cause flu-like symptoms and a painful rash. It is most commonly found in central and east Africa, with the chances of catching mpox in the UK classed as “low” by the NHS.

The African Union's (AU) public health agency released an advisory Thursday noting that 5,842 cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) had been recorded in 21 countries, with 38 deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Africa (CDC Africa) warned of an upward trend,

For di many executive orders wey e sign within hours of assuming di US presidency, Donald Trump don give signal say e wan pull di United States out of di World Health Organization (WHO). Dis na move wey many experts say fit affect di world response to a future pandemic, na so BBC global population correspondent Stephanie Hegarty report.

COVID-19 made its debut in December 2019 and has since caused the deaths of more than 7.1 million people, according to the World Health Organization. While pharmaceutical companies rushed to find a vaccine and countries across the globe implemented safety precautions,