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Health African officials: Monkeypox spread is already an emergency African officials: Monkeypox spread is already an emergency HARARE, Zimbabwe - Health authorities in Africa say they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak there as an emergency and are calling on rich countries to share the world's limited supply of vaccines in an effort to avoid the glaring equity problems seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Effective Friday, Brazil has taken over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the whole month of July. Under Brazil's presidency, the UNSC will examine the security situation in Ukraine, Syria, West Africa and the Sahel region, Colombia, Lebanon, Sudan, the Middle East, Haiti, Yemen, Cyprus, Libya, and Central Asia, in addition to handling resolutions on the UN missions in Haiti, Yemen, Cyprus and