Enhancing epidemic preparedness in Somalia: Lessons from mpox outbreaks in East Africa

Affiliations

¹ Blood Bank Unit, Banadir Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia.
² Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.

Fartun Sharif Mohamed et al. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2024.

. 2024 Dec 12;19(6):1130-1131.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2024.12.004. eCollection 2024 Dec.

¹ Blood Bank Unit, Banadir Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia.
² Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.

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