The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of an mpox outbreak, on Thursday, received its first vaccines — almost half ...

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 ...

It is possible to end the mpox outbreak in Burundi within weeks, a UN health official says, depending on getting adequate ...

The East Africa region global health security summit will take place in January 2025 in Kilifi. It is organised by the Global ...

The total number of mpox cases in Africa has risen to 29,152, including 6,105 confirmed cases and 738 deaths, since the start ...

The first 300 doses were administered on Tuesday near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesperson for ...

The Rwanda Ministry of Health on Thursday said that the country has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 ...

It is possible to end the mpox outbreak in Burundi within weeks, a U.N. health official said on Friday, but progress in ...

Though again absent, the 91-years-old President was touched by news of the devastating floods in the Far North Region of the ...

UNICEF and partners are scaling up the emergency response in the DRC, Burundi and other countries in Africa, but more donor ...

African health-care workers fighting the rapid spread of a virulent mpox strain will learn how to effectively scratch under ...

Several hundred high-risk individuals were inoculated in Rwanda. Meanwhile, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the outbreak in Africa is still not under control, with ...