The Take: Inside the epicentre of the mpox emergency in the DRC
Mpox cases are surging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But there are still not enough vaccines.
Doctors and health officials are struggling to manage a recent surge in mpox cases, previously known as monkeypox, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Vaccine shipments have arrived but they fall far short of the 3 million doses needed. Is the world responding quickly enough to prevent another global health crisis?
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In this episode:
- Alain Uaykani (@AlainUaykani) , Al Jazeera journalist
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Chloe K Li and Ashish Malhotra with Amy Walters, Hisham Abu Salah, Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, Shraddha Joshi and Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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