The new name for monkeypox must be aligned with best practices in naming of infectious diseases to avoid the uninformed negative narrative that associates diseases with regions.
- Adjunct Professor, Njala University
Africa is better prepared now to perform research in emerging infections than during the Ebola epidemics in West Africa.
Sharing data openly across regions and organisations can help to accelerate preparedness and responses to public health emergencies.
It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
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