Getting mpox vaccines to infected people across Africa
The World
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🗓️ 15 August 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreak on the African continent to be “a public health emergency of international concern.” Following the recording of Sweden’s first case of a new variant of mpox, there is a race to get vaccines into the arms of the most vulnerable Africans. Also, highly anticipated negotiations are underway in Qatar to broker a ceasefire in Gaza. And, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found that Ukraine was responsible for the 2022 sabotage of the Nordstream pipelines in the Baltic Sea that was initially blamed by many on Russia. Plus, a 16th-century-old privately owned Turkish bathhouse goes on sale for $2 million.
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| 0:00.0 | On this day in 2021 the Taliban took control of Kabul and the US evacuated, |
| 0:10.1 | leaving many Afghans in immediate danger. |
| 0:13.0 | The United States has been making promises that you come forward and you help us and we got your back. |
| 0:20.0 | And guess what? We don't. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Marker Worman today, the people who stepped in to help those left behind. |
| 0:25.7 | Also on the show in health news, the WHO has declared empox a global health emergency. |
| 0:31.5 | An outbreak happening anywhere in the world could be in your backyard the next day. |
| 0:37.2 | Plus the cost of preserving the legendary baths in Turkey and a natural resource in Latvia |
| 0:42.1 | might be key to rebuilding in Ukraine. |
| 0:44.8 | All the flowers are full and also the bumble bees are flying. |
| 0:48.6 | A hope for recovery from war through a Sunflower initiative. |
| 0:52.1 | All that and more today here on the world. |
| 0:55.0 | This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thanks for coming along this Thursday. |
| 1:02.0 | It is a lesson we've learned the hard way in recent years |
| 1:05.0 | when it comes to public health threats, the globe is more interconnected than ever. |
| 1:09.0 | That lesson hit home today when Swedish authorities announced |
| 1:12.0 | they have detected the first case of a |
| 1:14.0 | contagious new variant of M. POCs, formerly known as monkey POCs, outside the African continent. |
| 1:20.4 | The news came just a day after the World Health Organization declared |
| 1:23.1 | impacts to be a public health emergency of international concern. |
| 1:27.3 | We do have a window here. We have a window to decisively address the outbreak but that can change if we don't do |
| 1:36.8 | anything. That's Dr. Bahoma Titanji she's an infectious diseases expert at |
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