The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of an mpox outbreak, on Thursday, received its first vaccines — almost half ...

International: Burundi has reported nearly 600 cases, second only to the Democratic Republic of Congo, but outbreaks are ...

The resurgence of mpox during 2024 has been declared a continental emergency by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and a Public Health Emergency of International ...

GENEVA - The United Nations Childrens Fund or UNICEF warned Friday that children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox ...

Judith Suminwa Tuluka was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has set herself ambitious goals— but concrete results are in short supply.One hundred days ago, the first ...

The first 300 doses were administered on Tuesday near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesperson for ...

UNICEF and partners are scaling up the emergency response in the DRC, Burundi and other countries in Africa, but more donor ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised concerns that the Mpox outbreak in Africa ...

Children under five account for nearly a third of mpox cases in Burundi, the UN children's agency said Friday.

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 ...

African health-care workers fighting the rapid spread of a virulent mpox strain will learn how to effectively scratch under ...

Mpox has made a comeback in Africa. This time, it is far more deadly. There are two types of mpox: clade I and clade II.