Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox? | AP News
WEB1 day ago · Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly hard.
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a …
WEB1 day ago · Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization has called a global health emergency.
WHO approves first mpox vaccine to boost access in Africa - UN News
WEB6 days ago · The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use of an mpox vaccine for the first time, which it says should facilitate “timely and increased access” for millions at risk in Africa where the latest outbreak …
Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent’s public health body said Tuesday …
WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa
WEBAug 8, 2024 · The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest level, mobilizing efforts across the agency. The...
WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR).
WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency - CNN
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Since the beginning of the year, more than 17,000 mpox cases and more than 500 deaths have been reported in 13 countries in Africa, according to the Africa …
African region faces an unprecedent surge in mpox cases
WEBAug 8, 2024 · The African region is experiencing an unprecedented increase in mpox cases since the start of 2024, with more countries previously unaffected by the disease reporting cases in an expanding spread of the virus.
Mpox – African Region - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda have each reported their first mpox cases. Several of these cases have travel links to eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and each of these countries has identified clade Ib monkeypox virus (MPXV).
What is mpox, and why is this outbreak so concerning? - CNN
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law.
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