### [2024-10-3](/feed/2024/10/3/index.md)

##### 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
# Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana-reports-first-mpox-case-variant-not-yet-clear-2024-10-03/)

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