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.
On World Humanitarian Day, we must take a stance against the intensifying attacks on healthcare in conflict zones.
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.
Sweden and Pakistan have both reported cases of mpox days after the WHO declared the virus an ’emergency’.
The UN is readying 1.6 million doses of polio vaccine for children in Gaza as the disease spreads.
Experts say adequate resources can greatly lessen the impact of mpox.
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.
Swedish officials say they have registered the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox.
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.
