Africa monitors mpox spread with growing concern: ‘This is no longer a problem for us, but for the world’

“Western countries are no longer safe,” says Jean Kaseya, director general of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s highest health authority. Thirteen African countries have so far confirmed cases of mpox, and two more (South Sudan and Chad) are pending confirmation. And experts fear it will spread to more places, faster. From Africa, the warning is clear: “This is no longer a problem for us, but for the world,” Kaseya stressed in a telephone interview.

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