As mpox continues to spread within the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, concern is growing over how best to respond to this second mpox Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). In this PHEIC, Clade 1b cases in non-endemic contexts are increasingly linked...
21 March 2025
In May 2022, concern was growing in Geneva about the appearance in Europe of a known zoonotic disease considered endemic to West Africa, within networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM). A year later, on 11 May 2023, the Public Health Emergency of International...
12 May 2023
SSHAP Briefing
In this landscape paper, we aim to summarise the contextual factors that shape health emergencies and responses to health emergencies in the West Africa region (termed ‘health emergency cycles’).
5 July 2024