Congo is currently the epicentre security on 13 August and the Clade 1b and clade 1a can be of the crisis in Africa, and the declaration by the World Health particularly severe in children, responses to outbreaks there and Organization (WHO) of a public immunocompromised individuals in Burundi are in urgent need health emergency of international and pregnant women. [...] The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is also decisively and Burundi has the second-highest affected by armed conflict and prevent further number of cases in Africa attributed high levels of forced displacement, regional and global to the new strain. [...] UNICEF GLOBAL MPOX PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR CHILDREN 3 WHAT IS UNICEF DOING? The UNICEF response is aligned with the Africa women, UNICEF’s response to the mpox outbreak CDC and WHO joint continental response plan focuses on breaking active transmission of the for Africa, and contributes to outbreak control and disease, preventing secondary harm to children and to the mitigation of the socioe. [...] communication UNICEF headquarters and regional offices in West and Central Africa and Eastern and Southern Africa are supporting country efforts and offices in their respective regions to ensure emergency cross border preparedness and response to the mpox outbreak. [...] The headquarters health system and regional offices are also working to help UNICEF teams in strengthening, country step up response readiness in other at-risk countries, continuity for example through technical support for the development of of essential national response plans and risk communication materials or services and a the pre-positioning of medical and hygiene supplies.
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