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 ...

It is possible to end the mpox outbreak in Burundi within weeks, a UN health official says, depending on getting adequate ...

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The United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, warned Friday that children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox ...

The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid ...

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 ...

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

Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses of the vaccine it obtained from Nigeria under an ...

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 ...

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.