Sierra Leone scales up mpox outbreak response

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) ‒ Sierra Leone is deploying a range of measures to control and end an outbreak of mpox in which 18 cases have so far been reported since the disease was confirmed on 13 January 2025, the Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday

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