At a meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee, it was decided to declare the outbreak of monkeypox (mpox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other African countries a global health emergency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the new clade of mpox, which is rapidly spreading in the eastern regions of the DRC and neighboring countries, is of serious concern and may impact the global epidemiological situation. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, noted that WHO is actively working with communities and governments of African countries to stren…