Environmental surveillance as a sentinel for emerging outbreaks: Lessons from mpox in Africa

Environmental surveillance as a sentinel for emerging outbreaks: Lessons from mpox in Africa Here, various academic experts examine research on environmental surveillance as an early warning system for emerging outbreaks, focusing on lessons learned from Mpox in Africa. The resurgence of zoonotic diseases underscores the need for smarter early warning systems. Mpox’s rapid spread in Africa exposed persistent surveillance gaps and delays in outbreak detection. Environmental surveillance (both static and mobile) offers a population-wide sentinel for early pathogen detection.