Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt ... - UN News
WEB2 days ago · “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 Africa. “Of the nearly 600 reported cases, two-thirds are children under 19 years old and the situation is escalating really rapidly with more than [a] 40 per cent increase in cases over the ...
Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll ...
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in a week, a toll the agency's director-general described as “not acceptable.”
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 as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed.
WHO approves first mpox vaccine to boost access in Africa
WEBSep 13, 2024 · 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...
Even as vaccines for mpox reach Africa, questions remain ... - Science News
WEB3 days ago · Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain. A health care worker checks on a 2-year-old child who is being treated for mpox at the Nyiragongo General ...
Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health ... - UN News
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it once again a public health emergency of international...
Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa - BBC
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a public health emergency in Africa by the continent’s top health body.
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 grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 13, 2024 · The World Health Organization says it has granted its first authorization for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an important step toward fighting against the disease in Africa.
Mpox global emergency: strengthening African leadership
WEB1 day ago · The resurgence of mpox during 2024 has been declared a continental emergency by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by WHO and now affects 15 African countries.1,2 In Africa between Jan 1, 2024 and Sept 16, 2024, there were 6201 confirmed mpox cases and 32 confirmed deaths, among a much larger number ...