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Community health workers: A key to halting Africa’s mpox outbreak

Ngashi Ngongo, Yap Boum II, Kyeng Mercy, Landry D. Tsague, Wazih N. Cho, Gervais L. Folefack Tengomo, Abou Beckr Gaye, Laura N. Ambe, Nebiyu Dereje, Jean Kaseya
Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 16, No 4 | a1439 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jphia.v16i4.1439 | © 2025 Ngashi Ngongo, Yap Boum II, Kyeng Mercy, Landry D. Tsague, Wazih N. Cho, Gervais L. Folefack Tengomo, Abou Beckr Gaye, Laura N. Ambe, Nebiyu Dereje, Jean Kaseya | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 25 April 2025 | Published: 28 May 2025

About the author(s)

Ngashi Ngongo, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Yap Boum II, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Kyeng Mercy, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Landry D. Tsague, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Wazih N. Cho, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Gervais L. Folefack Tengomo, World Health Organization (WHO), African Region, Brazzaville, Congo
Abou Beckr Gaye, World Health Organization (WHO), African Region, Brazzaville, Congo
Laura N. Ambe, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nebiyu Dereje, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jean Kaseya, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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