Mpox in East Africa: Confronting a public health emergency

Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed¹, Najib Isse Dirie², Olalekan John Okesanya³, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno 3rd^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD Univeristy, Mogadishu, Somalia.
² Department of Urology, Dr. Sumait Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
³ Department of Public Health and Maritime Transport, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
⁴ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Research and Development, Biliran Province State University, Naval, Philippines.
⁶ Department of Research and Innovation, Southern Leyte State University, Sogod, Philippines.

Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed et al. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2024.

. 2024 Oct 4;19(5):992-994.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2024.09.010. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed¹, Najib Isse Dirie², Olalekan John Okesanya³, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno 3rd^{4

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¹ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD Univeristy, Mogadishu, Somalia.
² Department of Urology, Dr. Sumait Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
³ Department of Public Health and Maritime Transport, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
⁴ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Research and Development, Biliran Province State University, Naval, Philippines.
⁶ Department of Research and Innovation, Southern Leyte State University, Sogod, Philippines.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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