Mpox cases in Africa approach 30,000 mark: Africa CDC
Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya, in addressing a special online media briefing on the multi-country mpox outbreak in Africa Thursday evening, said that the continent reported 2,912 new cases in the past week alone, including 374 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, bringing the total number of cases reported this year to 29,152.
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal for nearly $59 million on Friday to support efforts to halt the rapid ...
The most impacted country due to mpox is struggling to contain it. Here's a look at why that's the case. View on euronews ...
But other countries in Africa are still waiting, and millions more doses are needed to address growing mpox outbreaks in Central Africa, even as researchers rush to learn more about the virus ...
The World Health Organization says it has granted its first authorization for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, ...
Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts,” said Dr Paul Ngwakum, UNICEF Regional Health Advisor for Eastern and Southern ...
Since the outbreak began, nearly 1,000 people in Kamituga have been infected and eight have died, half of them children.
Global neglect led us to the current mpox outbreak. A global response, based on equity and solidarity, is the only thing that can get us out of it, writes WHO’s Maria D. Van Kerkhove.
South Africa had previously reported five unlinked mpox cases in 2022. Having confirmed zero cases in 2023, the country has ...
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