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Why is Congo struggling to contain Mpox?

KAVUMU: Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly hard. Dr. Musole Mulambamunva Robert, medical director of the Kavumu hospital in eastern Congo, said it is "truly a challenge" — sometimes treating as many as four times the facility's capacity for patients. She also said health workers in eastern Congo have requested more mpox training as medications to treat fever and ease pain run out. "Ebola is the most dangerous virus in the world, and COVID wiped out the world economy," said professor Ali Bulabula, who works on infectious diseases in the medical department at Congo's University of Kindu.

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