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HIGHLIGHTS
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) continues to support the following activities to prevent, detect, and respond to the Mpox outbreak with a focus on Points of Entry (PoEs) and Exit, and key congregation points along mobility corridors. During the reporting period, IOM’s key achievements included:
o IOM continued to lead on the PoE sub-pillar under the Mpox Continental Preparedness and Response Plan for Africa coordination structure and led the PoE Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings.
o Supported over 90 PoEs in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
o Conducted over 174,340 health screenings in two countries (DRC and Uganda), bringing the cumulative total of health screenings to over 1,047,900.
o Eleven districts in DRC, Mozambique, and Uganda were supported with Community Event-Based Surveillance (CEBS).
o Over 460 border officials, border health officials, health professionals, and Community Health Workers (CHWs) were trained to detect and respond to Mpox in three countries (Kenya, South Sudan, Libia, and Uganda), bringing the cumulative total of capacity building reached to nearly 2,300 individuals.
o Over 3,610 people were reached with Mpox awareness messages in Mozambique.
o Medical supplies was procured in DRC and Uganda including health screening supplies, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) supplies, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). o Deployment of four technical health experts to support IOM teams in DRC, Burundi and Uganda.