Zambia: Fighting Multiple Outbreaks in Zambia’s Copperbelt

Rain lashes the ground in northern Zambia, but the mission presses on. It’s a Wednesday in January, and the showers that drench this region–bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo to the north and east–have done little to dampen the resolve of four epidemiologists. They are here on a 14-day mission, working urgently to contain simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, mpox, and measles.

With a combined 40 years of expertise, Dr. Abiodun Kolapo and Tesfa Getanew–both from Africa CDC–along with…