Monkeypox: In Africa cases of sickness and death go undetected

In Africa's monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death go undetected At a village clinic in central Congo, separated from the world by a tangle of waterways and forests, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses in protective suits pick at one of hundreds of boils that trouble her delicate skin. Djaffar Al Katanty,Edward Mcallister Reuters

• African infection and death rates higher than official data
• Lack of resources hobbles containment
• Wealthy nations snap up available treatments.
• Failure of COVID response repeats as Africa left behind

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...the outbreak, and death toll, in Congo could be much greater than recorded in official statistics, Reuters reporting shows, in large part because testing in underequipped, rural areas is so limited and effective medicines are unavailable....