Mpox outbreak: DR Congo lacks vaccines to curb infections Health September 3, 2024 Kinshasa: The first 10,000 mpox vaccines have reached Africa, but instead of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the…
Mpox outbreak: DR Congo faces severe medicine shortages and overcrowding | Africanews Health September 2, 2024 Several patients at a temporary Mpox isolation ward in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are in dire need of…
UNICEF launches tenders for mpox vaccines Health September 1, 2024 GENEVA – UNICEF said that it has launched an emergency tender for Mpox vaccines to help countries hardest hit by…
DRC doctors wait for mpox vaccines as cases surge Health August 31, 2024 Doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation where African health authorities have reported more than 27,000 suspected cases…
Mpox outbreak in Africa: Looming economic crisis {Business Africa} | Africanews Health August 30, 2024 The spread of Mpox in Africa, particularly in North Kivu, poses a severe threat to economic stability. With over 17,000…
Battling Mpox in the Outbreak’s Epicenter in Congo International August 29, 2024 “It’s a huge challenge,” said Pierre-Olivier Ngadjole, a doctor with the Swiss humanitarian organization Medair, which runs the Munigi treatment…
Mpox to add to sub-Saharan Africa’s fiscal pressures, rating agency Fitch warns Health August 29, 2024 Tourism could also be hit – a potentially significant factor in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda – where UN data estimates…
African leaders could have done much more to prepare for the mpox outbreak Health August 28, 2024 Africans would be justified in wondering why the Africa CDC began negotiating access to mpox vaccines only last week following…
Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues | Health August 28, 2024 Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent’s public…
Spain to donate 500 000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa Health August 28, 2024 The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency, after an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
