Nineteen African states—those currently reporting or that have reported Mpox cases within this outbreak—gathered in a ‘back-to-school’ style meeting in Congo Brazzaville in the first week of November.

They came out with the track: ‘We Are The World’, which awakened humanity to the plight of the people in the Horn of Africa.

These countries include regions greatly impacted by both conflict and climate change, including countries in the Eastern Horn ...