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End Mpox – An Influence Appeal for Health Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response to the Monkey Pox Disease
As the World Heath Organisation (1) announces the highest level of alert for Mpox (monkey pox) and World Health Organisation’s Director-General declares Mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, CENFACS is launching this Influence Appeal for Health Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response to the Monkey Pox Disease.
Like any major infectious and deadly disease of this kind, Mpox has already claimed its victims. According to the World Health Organisation (2),
“Last year, reported cases increased significantly, and already the number of cases [of Mpox] reported so far this year has exceeded last year’s total with more than 15,600 cases [of Mpox] with 537 deaths [in the Democratic Republic of Congo].
Still regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ReliefWeb (3) adds that
“The North Kivu province in east DRC, already facing many years of armed violence between the DRC armed forces and various armed groups, as well as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, now faces a rapidly spreading Mpox outbreak“.
The cases of Mpox are also being found in countries such as Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Central African Republic, Liberia, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, etc. The background of Mpox provided by ‘africacdc.org’ (4) gives further information about the outbreak report on 13 September 2024 about Mpox situation in Africa; report which is as follows:
“A total of 26,544 cases of which 5,732 were confirmed and 724 deaths have been reported [case fatality rate (CFR): 2.73%]of Mpox have been reported from 15 African Union (AU) Member States (MS) across ALL FIVE REGIONS OF AFRICA:
<> Central Africa: 23,761 cases of which 5,588 were confirmed and 720 deaths
<> Eastern Africa: 1,644 cases of which 19 were confirmed and 0 deaths
<> Southern Africa: 24 cases and 24 confirmed cases and 3 deaths
<> Western Africa: 1,114 cases of which 100 were confirmed and 1 death
<> Northern Africa: 1 confirmed case and 0 death“.
Further information can be found in the WHO (World Health Organisation) AFRO Weekly Report of 6 September 2024 (5). According to the WHO AFRO Weekly Report, countries affected include:
The DRC (with 90% of the reported confirmed cases this year), Burundi (accounts for approximately 5% of cases reported in the region), Cote d’Ivoire (with a case fatality rate of 2.3%), Gabon (with 15 suspected cases identified and tested), Central African Republic, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Republic of Congo, South Africa and Cameroon.
Depending on the prevalence rate and country health history, Mpox can be a new or active or ongoing or resurging crisis for different countries.
Whether Mpox is new or resurging or ongoing crisis, it requires a global and gigantic response in terms of infrastructure, vaccines and research. There is also the need of practical responses to stop the spread of the disease and to support its victims. Amongst practical responses is the current influence appeal – End Mpox.
• What Is End Mpox?
End Mpox is about exercising a positive influence to combat the forces that are leading to the outbreak of Mpox in Africa and else where. You can use your influence on the factors holding the key to the outbreak and spread of the infectious disease caused by the monkey pox virus.
Your Positive Influence can deliver meaningful tangible and life-saving outcomes than what you may not think.
• What Your Positive Influence Can Achieve for the Victims of Mpox
Your Positive Influence can help
√ back health emergency to save lives against Mpox crisis
√ support the humanitarian response to the life-threatening and -destroying impacts of Mpox disease
√ in preparedness efforts to prevent, contain and eradicate Mpox virus
√ in the improvement of awareness-raising activities about Mpox among the population
√ prevent the socio-economic rampant ramifications of Mpox crisis to cause social and economic crises like the coronavirus did
√ establish surveillance and early warning systems to control the spread of infection
√ set up care facilities and information/direction points for the needy
√ protect the environment from any depletion of environmental health and resources due to the spread of Mpox or ways of tackling it
√ enhance the implementation of life-saving responses and precautionary measures
√ briefly alleviate the suffering of the vulnerable and affected by Mpox and its distributional detrimental effects.
• Who Your Positive Influence Will Benefit
The beneficiaries of your Positive Influence or Influencing Donation will be
√ those who are bearing the brunt of this life-threatening and -destroying disease
√ those who lost a loved one to the disease
√ those who are already struggling without basic necessities
√ those at high risk of catching the epidemic spreading (e.g., vulnerable children, young people)
√ those who are without or with limited access to basic services such as water, sanitation, hygiene and basic infrastructure to protect themselves from the damaging effects of Mpox
√ those who could be the victims of the impacts of the disease (e.g., internally displaced persons living in camps)
√ those who are suffering from increased vulnerability and eroded livelihoods because of the Mpox strike
√ in brief, the Mpox-stricken lives, communities and areas.
You can donate your Positive Influence to reduce health poverty in Africa; poverty induced by Mpox disease.
To donate, please contact influential persons (or those having the keys) to reduce or solve the life-threatening and -destroying effects from Mpox strike and make these influential persons reduce or end these damaging effects on people, communities and areas.
You can as well influence the things or factors that play in the continuity or resurgence of this infectious disease or crisis in order to create lasting favourable conditions for Mpox-affected people, communities and areas.
Please let CENFACS know about the influencing work or contribution you are or will be making and its outcomes on behalf of the people of Africa.
To let us know, you can contact CENFACS as follows:
*over phone
*via email
*through text
*by filling the contact form on this site.
On receipt of the outcome of your influencing donation, CENFACS will contact you for record and thank you for any influencing donation made. However, should you wish your influencing support to remain anonymous; we will respect your wish.
Thank you in anticipation for your willingness to give your Positive Influence to end or alleviate the suffering that Mpox is inflicting on people, communities and areas without means to successfully and completely defend against Mpox disease.
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• References
(1) https://www.who.int (accessed in August 2024)
(2) https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern (accessed in August 2024)
(3) https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/irc-launches-emergency-response-mpox-outbreak-drc-spreads (accessed in August 2024)
(4) https://africacdc.org/download/outbreak-report-13-september-2024-mpox-situation-in-africa (accessed in September 2024)
(5) https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/378772/AFRO-Mpox%20bulletin%20-%2006%20September%202024.pdf (accessed in September 2024)
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How
you can further support CENFACS ▼
You can help by
● Sending a one-off voluntary giving ● Sending a yearly contribution to CENFACS ● Providing a legacy or donation ● Sponsoring a particular project, need, cause or programme ● Promoting particular events or publications or even activities
You can as well support with No Direct Cash Donations
Those who would like to support CENFACS by using other means than directly giving cash, they can consider the following.
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Give unwanted goods and items to CENFACS charity e-store (details about this way of supporting are given below)
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Sign up for a Gift Aid declaration
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Nominate CENFACS for a donation at charity fundraising and donation events
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Select CENFACS as your preferred charity for donation from advertising revenue
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Choose CENFACS as a donation recipient of some of the profits raised from online shopping
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Donate your unwanted and unused points and cashback to CENFACS as your chosen charity from your loyalty shopping rewards or good cause gift cards
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Name CENFACS as your favourite deserving cause from click online option “donate cashback to charities”
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Donate any unwanted excess points of your loyalty card from apps
The above is just the few examples of helping that one can think of to support CENFACS without they have to directly give cash.
Supporting by Donating Unwanted Goods and Products for CENFACS Charity e-Store ▼
You can donate unwanted and unneeded light and easily movable goods and products to CENFACS’ Charity e-Store to support good and deserving causes of poverty reduction.
After donating products or goods, these will be converted into cash to support good causes or our work. The cash converted can also be used to support CENFACS‘ work.
When thinking of donation, please ensure that your donation does not bear high costs for us to handle, otherwise the impact you want to create through your giving will be reduced or nullified.
Items to donate include:
Mobile phones, IT accessories, laptops, digital and communication devises, art and design objects, children gadgets and toys, and miscellaneous.
Notes for goods and products donors (Products Acceptance Policy):
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- We do not take electrical equipment and devises
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- Items donated need to be functioning, not requiring fixing, repair or testing prior to use
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- Products given must have environmentally-friendly contents and be sustainable
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- We do not accept heavy items such as books, metals and a heavy bag of clothing
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- We do not take items requiring large storage capacity as we are not a profit making organisation
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- We do not refund or give back the products donated as we expect products givers or donors to act in good faith and in the interest of poverty alleviation
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- We do not take stolen properties or items in dispute
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- We can arrange for collection if you live locally
Help us to convert your unwanted goods or products into cash to help reduce poverty.
To donate or enquire about your products donation, please contact CENFACS.
Thank you for your support!
