Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt ... - UN News
WEB3 hours 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 ...
Even as vaccines for mpox reach Africa, questions remain ... - Science News
WEB1 day ago · Mpox’s rapid spread in Africa raises concerns it may now be more infectious and more severe. ... Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent, nonprofit source of accurate information on ...
WHO approves first mpox vaccine to boost access in Africa
WEB6 days ago · 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...
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.
What is mpox, and why is this outbreak so concerning? | CNN
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law.
Congo reports 1,000 new mpox cases. Africa asks for vaccines | AP News
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Congo has recorded 1,030 of the 1,405 new mpox cases in Africa over the last week. The statistics provided Tuesday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control propelled health authorities to ask for desperately needed vaccines to help fight the disease's “growing” threat on the continent.
Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health ... - UN News
WEBAug 20, 2024 · WHO has declared a public health emergency of international concern over a growing mpox outbreak in Africa, formerly known as monkeypox. Learn about the symptoms, transmission, prevention and...
Africa's mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world's inability …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · A leading African scientist says the growing mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect and the global community’s inability to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity against the
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.
Mpox is not under control in Africa, warns Africa CDC | Reuters
WEB1 day ago · The number of mpox cases in Africa has surged 177%, and deaths have increased 38.5% compared with the same period a year ago, data from the Africa CDC showed. "We can say today that mpox is not ...
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