Africa CDC urges Western countries to boost funding for mpox response | Health News
Health agency reports 107 deaths and 3,160 new cases over the last week, says toll ‘not acceptable’.The head of the African Union’s health agency has…
Health agency reports 107 deaths and 3,160 new cases over the last week, says toll ‘not acceptable’.The head of the African Union’s health agency has…
After months of delay due to logistics, the first sets of mpox vaccines have finally begun arriving in Democratic Republic of the Congo, donated by…
The health ministry says the young patient recently travelled from a country experiencing the virus outbreak.India’s health ministry says it has recorded a suspected case…
It has been a year since the first outbreak of a new more deadly variant of the mpox virus was first reported in central Africa.…
NewsFeedThe Democratic Republic of the Congo has received its first batch of mpox vaccines, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has…
DRC had hoped to receive a first round of vaccine deliveries this week as virus spreads.The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it no…
Matshidiso Moeti discusses Africa’s battle with mpox, vaccine inequity, and the need for stronger global health support.Mpox, once confined to Central Africa, has become a…
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides Thursday urged EU member states to mobilize mpox vaccine donations to Africa. Mpox is both an…
The mpox virus is spreading internationally, and more countries, some very far from the initial location of the outbreak in East Africa, have confirmed cases…
World Health Organization official says regardless of strain, mpox is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its spread.The mpox outbreak is…
NewsFeedThe Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says mpox has been detected in at least 13 African countries, and cases have been confirmed in…
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It’s dawn at the mpox treatment site at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of the city of Goma,…
At least two countries outside of Africa have reported mpox cases after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the virus had become a “public…
The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention Friday released a risk assessment and guidance for mpox. It came one day after the first mpox…
NewsFeedExperts say the ‘clade one’ mpox variant at the centre of a newly declared global health emergency is deadlier than a strain that spread two…
BREAKINGBREAKING, Swedish officials say they have registered the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox.Sweden says it has confirmed a first…
ReutersOutbreaks in DR Congo have affected children as well as adultsThe World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a…
For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent and risks…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), its highest level of alert, due to a new variant…
An independent committee will meet Wednesday to advise the World Health Organization on whether mpox should be declared a global health emergency. File Photo by…