Caught between violence: Mpox virus and the perils of neglect in Africa

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa evaborhene@gmail.com.
² Royal School of Business and Law, University of East London Royal Docks School of Business and Law, London, UK.
³ Afya na Haki, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ College of social sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁵ Market Acess Africa, Gaborone, Botswana.
⁶ Health, Doctors without Borders, Musanze, Northern Province, Rwanda.
⁷ Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁸ Kenya Medical Association, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 18;9(11):e017090.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017090.

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa evaborhene@gmail.com.
² Royal School of Business and Law, University of East London Royal Docks School of Business and Law, London, UK.
³ Afya na Haki, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ College of social sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁵ Market Acess Africa, Gaborone, Botswana.
⁶ Health, Doctors without Borders, Musanze, Northern Province, Rwanda.
⁷ Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁸ Kenya Medical Association, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ National University of Singapore, Singapore.

No abstract available

Keywords: Infections, diseases, disorders, injuries; Vaccines.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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