mpox
14 Aug
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has declared mpox a “public health emergency of continental security.”
13 Aug
The African Union's health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a "clarion call for action". The outbreak has swept through several African countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus formerly called monkeypox was first discovered in humans in…
13 Aug
A surging mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent's health agency on Tuesday, is being driven by a new, more transmissible strain of the virus. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) for the deadly disease. World…
13 Aug
The African Union's health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent. The outbreak has swept through several African countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo. "With a heavy heart but with an unyielding commitment to our people, to our African citizens, we declare mpox as public…
10 Aug
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an urgent call for manufacturers of mpox vaccines to submit an Expression of Interest for Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The global health body disclosed this in a statement on its website on Friday. This call comes amid a growing and serious mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
10 Aug
There are fresh concerns that Nigeria may experience its worst mpox outbreak as the African region is experiencing an unprecedented increase in cases since the start of 2024. Experts have warned that a new ‘lethal’ variant of the mpox, formerly monkeypox, disease is spreading “unchecked” and poses a “severe” risk to hundreds of thousands…
8 Aug 2024
The African Union's health watchdog said on Thursday it was "likely" to declare a public health emergency next week over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent. The decision will unlock funding to combat the outbreak, including the procurement of much-needed vaccines, and trigger a coordinated continental response to the virus. Jean Kaseya, head of…
8 Aug 2024
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for an emergency meeting on mpox, following its spread outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mpox – formerly called monkeypox – is a viral disease endemic in Central and West Africa. It can be transmitted through physical contact with an infected person, animal or contaminated materials.…
7 Aug 2024
Two years after a global outbreak, fears are rife that a new strain of mpox previously known as monkeypox identified in DR Congo and now also in several neighboring countries could further spread. Deadlier and more transmissible than previous forms, the mpox strain surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since September, known as…
31 Jul 2024
Kenya has detected its first case of mpox, the health ministry said Wednesday, as the regional East African bloc urged caution in the face of an outbreak. The case of the viral infection was detected in a passenger at a border crossing in southern Kenya, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the person…
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