Mpox escalates in Africa as officials launch response plan
Mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have now topped 20,000 for the year, and Guinea has ...
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African nations hit by mpox still waiting for vaccines – despite promises by the west | Global development
None of the African countries affected by the outbreak of a new variant of mpox have received any of the ...
FDA Approves Emergent BioSolutions Vaccine as New Tool in Fight Against Mpox
As an mpox outbreak in Africa continues to spread, the FDA has approved an Emergent BioSolutions vaccine for preventing infection ...
WHO launches plan to contain mpox
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the launch of a preparedness strategy and response plan to contain a mpox ...
US announces more support for Africa’s mpox response
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday announced an additional $35 million in emergency health assistance for the ...
One person dies from mpox in I.Coast: authorities
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ivory Coast health authorities on Tuesday reported 28 cases of mpox, with one person dying from ...
Negotiations progress on mpox vaccine for Africa as cases spike in Burundi
At an Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) briefing today, Director-General Jean Kaseya, MD, MPH, said new ...
The Guardian view on Africa’s mpox outbreak: Covid lessons need to be learned | Editorial
After two years of post-Covid talks, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) failed this summer to agree plans ...
Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected—it could now turn into the next global pandemic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be ...
What we know about the new mpox outbreak
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A surging mpox outbreak in Africa was declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation this ...
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