The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says mpox has been detected in at least 13 African countries.
The mpox outbreak puts pressure on a region already struggling with a lack of medicines and an ongoing armed rebellion.
Health officials say 33-year-old male patient from Manila experienced fever before developing a ‘distinct’ skin rash.
Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim has declared a cholera epidemic due to contaminated drinking water and weather conditions.
Experts say the US’s method for recording maternal deaths obscures underlying causes that need to be addressed.
More than 25 million people across the country face acute hunger as well as outbreaks of disease due to civil war.
Sequencing of confirmed case under way to determine whether virus is same deadly Clade 1 variant discovered by Sweden.
The WHO has issued its highest level of alert for the viral disease as it spreads rapidly in Africa.
Officials say new fast-spreading variant has been detected in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.
Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.
The global health body says virus could spread even beyond Gaza if violence does not end to enable immunisation push.
Palestinians trying to survive Israel’s war on Gaza face another threat: filthy water that contains polio virus.
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