
Issue 12: 17 April 2025 | Mpox Transparency and Accountability for the Global Response
Welcome to the twelfth issue of our report, “Mpox: Transparency and Accountability for the Global Response.” In the wake of the U.S. health agencies’ communications and foreign aid freezes, we hope to serve as a resource for transparency on emerging outbreaks globally while continuing to provide in-depth analysis of the mpox response. We will provide brief updates on emerging outbreaks with the state of available medical countermeasures and diagnostics needed to effectively respond. Mpox cases in the first quarter of 2025 have surpassed the number of cases halfway through 2024, as climate disasters disrupt response efforts: The number of suspected mpox cases across the continent of Africa have reached nearly 40,000 within the first four months of the year. In 2024, it took six months to reach 40,000 suspected cases highlighting…