GET Journal of Biosecurity and One Health
GET Journal of Biosecurity and One Health (2023)
Re-Emergence of Monkeypox Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: What is the Fate of the African Healthcare System?
Authors: Sokunbi TO1*; Omojuyigbe JO1; and Mowobi OD1 1Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile–Ife, Nigeria.
Corresponding Author: Sokunbi TO.
ORCID ID: 0000–0002–0391–3636
GET Journal of Biosecurity and One Health, Volume 2, Issue 1, May 2023, Pages 7-19
Article Keywords: COVID–19; Monkeypox; Africa; Healthcare System.
Authors: Sokunbi TO1*; Omojuyigbe JO1; and Mowobi OD1 1Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile–Ife, Nigeria.
Corresponding Author: Sokunbi TO.
ORCID ID: 0000–0002–0391–3636.
Abstract
The continuous rise in the number of monkeypox cases amidst the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic in Africa calls for concern, especially regarding its possible impact on the healthcare system. The current state of the healthcare system contributes substantially to the limitation of COVID–19 elimination in the region, which shows the poor state of the system. The re–emergence of the monkeypox virus amidst the pandemic means that the system must be strengthened to provide quality healthcare delivery for Africans. Therefore, it is high time that African health policymakers and governments begin to make decisions, decisions that will determine the fate of the African healthcare system and, consequently, the lives of people living in Africa in the ongoing event of COVID–19 and monkeypox.