Mauritius became the latest African country to report mpox cases, bringing the total number of affected countries to 19. On Friday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) confirmed that mpox cases in Africa have surged by over 500 percent this year compared to the total for all of last year, with […]

Africa has recorded 45,327 cases and 1,014 deaths from mpox since the beginning of 2024 in 18 countries on the continent, the African Union’s public health agency (AU) reported on Thursday. Related: Democratic Republic of Congo begins vaccination campaign against mpox virus As epidemiologist Ngashi Ngongo, head of the African Centers for Disease Control and […]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the focus of the current outbreak of mpox, began this Saturday the vaccination campaign against the disease in the province of North Kivu, in the northeast of the country. RELATED: DR Congo: First Batch of Mpox Vaccines Received The Congolese Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare […]

India confirmed on Wednesday its second case of mpox since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global emergency last month, and it was detected in the south of the country in a man who had traveled to the United Arab Emirates. Related:DR Congo: First Batch of Mpox Vaccines Received “The disease has been confirmed […]

According to a statement released Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), the DRC Ministry of Health plans to start rolling out the vaccines this weeken. On Thursday, a first batch of 99,100 doses of mpox vaccines was delivered to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicenter of the global health crisis. Related: […]

According to the UN agency, more than 3,800 confirmed cases have been recorded across Africa since January, with Burundi the second most affected country in the continent after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

More than 22,800 cases and at least 622 deaths from pox have been registered since last January in thirteen countries of Africa, confirmed on Tuesday the public health agency of the African Union (AU), waiting for the continent to receive vaccines against this disease formerly known as mpox. Related:Brazil: Health Authorities Investigates a Possible Case […]

Brazilian health authorities are investigating a possible case of monkey pox after they identified a passenger who landed at the international airport of Guarulhos, in São Paulo, on Sunday with signs consistent with the disease, Official sources reported on Monday. Related:WHO Launches $135 Million Plan to Halt Mpox Transmission in Six Months The passenger arrived […]

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that the UN institution has drawn up a six-month plan to tackle outbreaks of mpox disease in Africa which requires 135 million dollars in aid. RELATED: DRC: Mpox Spreads Amid the Arrival of the First Vaccines WHO’s plan includes ramping […]

“We have not yet started to vaccinate, we will in a few days,”