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According to the World Health Organization, nearly 30,000 suspected cases of mpox have been reported in Africa since the beginning of the year. According to the U.N. health body, a majority were in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been grappling with an uptick in cases, along with its …

The province of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is considered the epicenter of the mpox epidemic, also known as monkeypox. However, caring for those affected by the disease remains a challenge. Almost 6,000 cases have been recorded since the beginning of the year, representing more than a …

A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Marrakech, Morocco, prompting the authorities to step up health surveillance. This case marks the first infection reported in the country since the start of the widely publicized global Mpox epidemic. In an official statement, the Ministry of Health announced that a patient …

50,000 doses of smallpox vaccine from the United States have arrived a week after the arrival of a first batch from the European Union, Congolese authorities said. Adults in Équateur, Sud-Kivu and Sankuru, the three provinces most affected, will be vaccinated first, starting on October 2, said Cris Kacita Osako, …

Fourteen African countries and numerous partners have pledged more than $45 million to the World Health Organization’s first-ever investment cycle, according to reports. “These commitments were made at the meeting of the World Health Organization’s Regional Committee for Africa, during which heads of state and government from across the continent …

Nigerian authorities have announced that they have received the first batch of vaccine against the mpox virus that is wreaking havoc on the continent. The country began the process to secure the vaccines well before it was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this …

A town in Massachusetts, USA, has imposed the closing of its public parks from dusk to morning due to the spread of a mosquito carrying the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, a potentially fatal disease. To slow the spread of the virus, the town of Plymouth has decided to close “all …

In Uganda, two new infections with the mpox virus have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the East African country to four, according to the Ministry of Health. The two new patients were infected with the clade 1b strain of the virus, Health Ministry Director General of …

Sudan is facing a cholera epidemic that has so far claimed 27 lives out of a total of 556 confirmed cases, Sudanese Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim announced. The states of Kassala and Gedaref are particularly hard hit, said the minister. Before the war, the UN had already warned of the …

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hope to receive first doses of mpox vaccine by next week, following promises from the United States and Japan to help the country fight the outbreak, local media reported. The World Health Organization last week declared mpox a global public …