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Welcome to the ninth 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. February marks the end of the 6-month Africa CDC/WHO Mpox Continental Preparedness and Response Planwhile mpox remains a public health emergency of international concern: The original Mpox ContinentalResponse Plan, jointly released by Africa CDC and WHO, called for a budget of nearly USD $600 million to respond tothe outbreak from September 2024 to February 2025. The response has faced…

Welcome to the eighth issue of our report, "Mpox: Transparency and Accountability for the Global Response." In this edition, we provide a comprehensive update on the latest developments and insights across all topic areas, featuring our most recent analyses and findings since the last issue. This report will be updated and shared every other week with our community. Latest updates at a glance: The United States reported a new case of clade 1b mpox on February 11th. In New York. The patient recently traveled to Africa and is currently under isolating until symptom resolution. The risk to the general public remains low at this time. This is the fourth case (three prior cases in California, Georgia, and New Hampshire) of clade 1b mpox detected in the U.S. since the start of…