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Mpox Surge in Sierra Leone: A Stress Test for National Readiness

Epidemics have a habit of revealing whether the last crisis was truly instructive or merely traumatic

A health worker in protective gear walks inside a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, in Sierra Leone, on December 19, 2014.
A health worker in protective gear walks inside a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, in Sierra Leone, on December 19, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner