Gay D. Among the others serving on the commission are Gray himself and seven high-level officials from his administration, including Dr. Mohammad Akhter, director of the D. Department of Health, and Dr. The report card shows the city has improved or maintained its grades ranging from A, A- and B in several of the 12 areas the group monitors. Appleseed officials said the report card covered the period between October and February and reflected the policies and programs of former Mayor Adrian Fenty.
The Appleseed report card can be viewed at dcappleseed. The U. The Washington Blade last week reported there are more than 17, suspected mpox cases across in Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and other African countries. The outbreak has claimed more than lives, mostly in Congo.
Medical facilities that provide treatment to gay and bisexual men in some East African countries are already collaborating with them to prevent the spread of a new wave of mpox cases after the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared a global health emergency.
The global mpox outbreak report — based on data that national authorities collected between January and June of this year — notes 87, of the 90, reported cases were men. Ninety-six percent of whom were infected through sex. Sexual contact as the leading mode of transmission accounted for 19, of 22, cases, followed by non-sexual person-to-person contact. Genital rash was the most common symptom, followed by fever and systemic rash. The WHO report states the pattern of mpox virus transmission has persisted over the last six months, with 97 percent of new cases reporting sexual contact through oral, vaginal, or anal sex with infected people.
The growing mpox cases, which are now more than 2, reported cases in at least 13 African countries that include Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and prompted the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week to declare the disease a public health emergency for resource mobilization on the continent to tackle it. We need your support, expertise, and solidarity. The world cannot afford to turn a blind eye to this crisis. The disease has so far claimed more than lives, mostly in Congo, even as the Africa CDC notes suspected mpox cases across the continent have surged past 17,, compared to 7, cases in and 14, cases last year.
