Regional high-level meeting on monkeypox opens in DR Congo

STORY: Regional high-level meeting on monkeypox opens in DR Congo SHOOTING TIME: April 11, 2024 DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the regional high-level meeting on monkeypox in Kinshasa 2. SOUNDBITE (French): ROGER KAMBA, DRC minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention STORYLINE: A high-level emergency regional meeting on monkeypox in Africa opened Thursday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This meeting, which will be held from Thursday to Saturday, gathered 12 health ministers of the African region, aiming to develop common strategies to prevent and intervene effectively in the face of monkeypox in Africa. "We must prevent the DRC from becoming the source of cross-border transmission, and our partnership must prioritize the health of those affected," said Jean Kaseya, the director general of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). "Over the years, monkeyp