Policy commentary demonstrates compounding strain on healthcare systems during monkeypox re-emergence, highlighting an urgent need for infrastructure reform.
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.
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