Author: Beauty Dhlamini

The Global Public Health Emergency of Mpox: A Tale of Vaccine Apartheid In a world where the re-emergence of Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, has once again become a global public health emergency, Beauty Dhlamini argues that vaccine apartheid is at the core of this crisis. The World Health Organization’s failure to challenge the framing of Mpox as an African disease, despite its global transmission, highlights a systemic issue in the field of global health. The recent surge of Mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its spread to other regions underscores the need for a more inclusive…