Abstract
The appearance of monkeypox cases in non-endemic regions of the world has sparked concern in the global community, raising questions about prior undetected spread as well as suspicion of changing epidemiology. However, Africa has contained this burden for decades without much attention on global forums. Contributing factors in Africa include socioeconomic and political turmoil which have led to disturbance of habitats of various host species, with larger populations at risk of transmission, whereas the current outbreak in other countries has shown human-to-human transmission, mostly via sexual contact with infected individuals. While it is important to deal effectively with the situation at hand, prompt and equitable efforts are needed to control the spread of disease in endemic areas in the long term. Only then is it possible to prevent such multi-country outbreaks in the future.
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