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Editorial
. 2025 May 28;16(4):1439.
doi: 10.4102/jphia.v16i4.1439. eCollection 2025.

Community health workers: A key to halting Africa's mpox outbreak

Ngashi Ngongo  1 , Yap Boum 2nd  1 , Kyeng Mercy  1 , Landry D Tsague  1 , Wazih N Cho  1 , Gervais L Folefack Tengomo  2 , Abou Beckr Gaye  2 , Laura N Ambe  1 , Nebiyu Dereje  1 , Jean Kaseya  1
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Community health workers: A key to halting Africa's mpox outbreak

Ngashi Ngongo et al. J Public Health Afr. .
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