Mpox response paying off in Africa
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mpox response paying off in Africa

China Daily  

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-04 16:04 A Nigerian health official prepares to administer a Mpox vaccination to a woman, at Federal Medical Center in Abuja, Nigeria November 18, 2024. While Mpox remains a global threat, the World Health Organization said there are positive signs the response is paying off in Africa, the most affected region by the outbreak. Moeti said since October 2024, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, and South Africa have not reported active Mpox outbreaks for at least six consecutive weeks and have thus entered the "control phase". "Only 37 percent of collected samples were tested in the three weeks spanning late October to early November 2024, leaving some provinces underrepresented in surveillance data and impacting the response," she said. Moeti said Mpox vaccination campaigns are being rolled out in the DR Congo, Nigeria and Rwanda and vaccination plans are underway in other countries.

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Congo to get Japan's mpox vaccine for children from next week, Africa CDC says
1 week, 3 days ago

Congo to get Japan's mpox vaccine for children from next week, Africa CDC says

Hindustan Times  

DAKAR, - Democratic Republic of Congo should start to receive three million doses of mpox vaccine from Japan next week that can be used on children, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Congo to get Japan's mpox vaccine for children from next week, Africa CDC says Vaccinations against the potentially deadly infection are under way …

Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to rely less on imports
2 weeks ago

Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to rely less on imports

Associated Press  

TAMESNA, Morocco — After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies. Moroccan startup Moldiag began developing mpox tests after the World Health Organization declared the virus a global emergency in August. The Africa CDC’s acting director for laboratory diagnostics and systems, Yenew Tebeje, said …

Mpox response paying off in Africa
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mpox response paying off in Africa

China Daily  

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-04 16:04 A Nigerian health official prepares to administer a Mpox vaccination to a woman, at Federal Medical Center in Abuja, Nigeria November 18, 2024. While Mpox remains a global threat, the World Health Organization said there are positive signs the response is paying off in Africa, the most affected …

WHO says mpox remains public health emergency of international concern
1 month ago

WHO says mpox remains public health emergency of international concern

Al Jazeera  

UN health agency says its decision is ‘based on the rising number and continuing geographic spread of cases’. The World Health Organization says it will keep its alert for mpox at the highest level amid a surge in cases. A WHO committee made up of about a dozen independent experts made the decision at a meeting in Geneva on Friday, …

UN authorizes first mpox vaccine for children in an attempt to control Congo outbreak
1 month ago

UN authorizes first mpox vaccine for children in an attempt to control Congo outbreak

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children, a decision experts hope will help make immunizations more widely available to one of the hardest-hit populations during the ongoing outbreaks of the disease in Congo and elsewhere in Africa. In a statement late Tuesday, the U.N. health agency said it had approved the mpox vaccine …

Frontline mpox responders aren’t getting the support they need
1 month ago

Frontline mpox responders aren’t getting the support they need

Salon  

Alarm bells should be blaring about the growing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where community organizations best positioned to prevent a wider outbreak or pandemic report a lack of funding and shortage of basic supplies. Faced with the influx of cases of mpox in the health zones that we support and faced with the frequent movements …

Mpox symptoms you shouldn't ignore. Early signs and how to stay safe
1 month ago

Mpox symptoms you shouldn't ignore. Early signs and how to stay safe

India Today  

Health officials announced on Saturday that the first U.S. case of a new type of mpox, first seen in eastern Congo, has been confirmed. Earlier this year, a new form of mpox emerged in Africa, spreading through close contact, including sexual transmission. According to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, while it has spread widely in central and …

US confirms first case of new mpox variant initially seen in Congo
1 month ago

US confirms first case of new mpox variant initially seen in Congo

India Today  

Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first US case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo. Earlier this year, scientists reported the emergence of a new form of mpox in Africa that was spread through close contact including through sex. Since then, cases of travellers with the new mpox form have been …

First U.S. case of mpox variant reported in San Mateo County
1 month, 1 week ago

First U.S. case of mpox variant reported in San Mateo County

LA Times  

The first case in the U.S. of a more severe mpox variant has been confirmed in a person who had recently traveled to East Africa and was treated in San Mateo County, the California Department of Public Health announced Saturday. A less severe variant known as Clade II continues to circulate in the U.S., including in Los Angeles and San …

OMS dice que casos de mpox en el Congo se están “estabilizando”
1 month, 1 week ago

OMS dice que casos de mpox en el Congo se están “estabilizando”

Associated Press  

LONDRES — La Organización Mundial de la Salud dijo el lunes que los casos de viruela símica en la región de la República Democrática del Congo donde se detectó por primera vez una variante nueva y más infecciosa parecen estar “estabilizándose”, aunque el virus continúa aumentando en otras zonas del país, así como en Burundi y Uganda. En un informe, …

Mpox Spread Slows Slightly in Africa
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mpox Spread Slows Slightly in Africa

Deccan Chronicle  

KINSHASA: The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health watchdog said Thursday. Fifteen countries across Africa recorded 11,453 mpox cases in the last four weeks, compared to 12,802 four weeks prior, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said during an online briefing. The Democratic Republic of …

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

Deccan Chronicle  

LONDON: British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa. Authorities announced the first case of the new form of mpox in the U.K. last week, saying the case was being treated …

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

Associated Press  

LONDON — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa. Authorities announced the first case of the new form of mpox in the U.K. last week, saying the case was being …

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

The Independent  

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UK records more cases of worrying new mpox strain
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK records more cases of worrying new mpox strain

China Daily  

Doctors in the United Kingdom are working to contain an outbreak of a new, more easily spreadable strain of the mpox virus. UK health officials said this week they have uncovered two additional cases of the new strain in London, among people who shared living space with a man who tested positive after returning from a trip to Central Africa, …

Mpox 2024 hotspots: Map shows where new strain has been spotted - as health chiefs confirm three cases in the UK
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mpox 2024 hotspots: Map shows where new strain has been spotted - as health chiefs confirm three cases in the UK

Daily Mail  

As Britain's toll of the ultra-deadly new strain of monkeypox rises to three patients, MailOnline can reveal the nations in the world that are being hit by the disease. The latest cases of Clade 1b mpox, which has ripped through several African countries, have been detected in household contacts of the first case, according to the UK Health Security Agency. …

Germany identifies its first case of clade 1b mpox, becoming fifth country outside Africa linked to outbreak
2 months ago

Germany identifies its first case of clade 1b mpox, becoming fifth country outside Africa linked to outbreak

ABC  

An infection with the new mpox variant clade 1b has been detected in Germany for the first time, according to the Robert Koch Institute for public health. A day before the Swedish case was confirmed, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency, its highest level of alarm over the spread, amid the infection's rapid spread from …

Mpox virus outbreak: Has the deadly new variant reached the UK and what are the symptoms?
2 months ago

Mpox virus outbreak: Has the deadly new variant reached the UK and what are the symptoms?

The Independent  

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Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in drive to slow outbreaks declared a global emergency
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in drive to slow outbreaks declared a global emergency

The Independent  

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Congo begins mpox vaccinations two months after global emergency is declared
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Congo begins mpox vaccinations two months after global emergency is declared

LA Times  

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. Mpox had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Africa before the disease prompted the 2022 global outbreak that saw wealthy countries quickly respond with …

UNICEF says adequate resources and mpox awareness can help stop Burundi outbreak in weeks
3 months ago

UNICEF says adequate resources and mpox awareness can help stop Burundi outbreak in weeks

ABC  

The mpox outbreak in Burundi could possibly be ended in weeks, a UN health official says, but progress in Africa's second-worst-affected country will depend on getting adequate resources and battling stigma associated with the disease. A rapid spread of the disease across Africa prompted the World Health Organization to declare mpox a global health emergency in August. UNICEF plans to …

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
3 months ago

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa

The Independent  

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Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?
3 months ago

Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?

Associated Press  

KAVUMU, Congo — 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 …

Why is Congo struggling to contain Mpox?
3 months ago

Why is Congo struggling to contain Mpox?

New Indian Express  

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 …

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine
3 months ago

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The global vaccine alliance Gavi will buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine to battle outbreaks of the disease in African countries, the organization said on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the year, there have been over 25,000 confirmed mpox cases and 723 related deaths, the vast majority in Congo, and the World Health Organization declared it a …

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine
3 months ago

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

The Independent  

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WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in Africa
3 months, 1 week ago

WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in Africa

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Friday it has granted its first authorization for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an important step toward fighting the disease in Africa. “This first of a vaccine against mpox is an important step in our fight against the disease, both in the context of the current outbreaks in …

CDC says mpox vaccine boosters aren’t needed in the US as questions emerge around waning immunity
3 months, 1 week ago

CDC says mpox vaccine boosters aren’t needed in the US as questions emerge around waning immunity

CNN  

CNN — As a deadly mpox outbreak continues to spread in Africa and other parts of the world, questions are emerging about whether some vulnerable people in the United States may need booster doses of the mpox vaccine. “I’ve literally had people call me and say, ‘Should I get a booster, because it’s been two years?’ and my suggestion right …

Opinion: Will we let mpox spread, repeating devastating public health failures?
3 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Will we let mpox spread, repeating devastating public health failures?

LA Times  

Mpox is back in the news. To combat the spread of mpox, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have declared a public health emergency. In the U.S., the 2022 outbreak was contained by health authorities working with groups including men who have sex with men to increase vaccine uptake and reduce transmission risk; …

Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll unacceptable
3 months, 1 week ago

Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll unacceptable

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — African countries recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in the past week, the continental health body said Thursday as it described the rising toll as “not acceptable.” Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said 107 new deaths and 3,160 new cases had been recorded in the past week, just a …

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
3 months, 1 week ago

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union. Adults in Equateur, South Kivu and Sankuru, the three most affected provinces, will be vaccinated first, starting on Oct. 2, Cris Kacita Osako, coordinator of Congo’s …

Vaccinations against mpox in Congo will begin next month, authorities say
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vaccinations against mpox in Congo will begin next month, authorities say

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — A vaccination campaign against mpox in Congo will begin Oct. 2, authorities said Saturday, with workers focusing on the three most affected provinces first. Adults in Equateur, South Kivu and Sankuru provinces will be vaccinated first, Cris Kacita Osako, coordinator of Congo’s Monkeypox Response Committee, told The Associated Press. The 200,000 doses are just a fraction of …

Vaccinations against mpox in Congo will begin next month, authorities say
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vaccinations against mpox in Congo will begin next month, authorities say

The Independent  

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WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
3 months, 2 weeks ago

WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox, three weeks after WHO declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The estimated budget for the six-month plan is almost $600 million, with 55% allocated to the response to mpox …

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

The Hindu  

The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, September 5, 2024, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. About 380,000 doses of mpox vaccines have been promised by Western partners such as the European Union and the United States, Dr. Jean Kaseya, …

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. That is less than 15% of the 3 million doses authorities have said are needed to end the mpox outbreaks in Congo, the epicenter …

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The 100,000 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, have been donated by the European Union through HERA, the …

Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital

The Hindu  

Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east Democratic Republic of Congo, as overstretched hospital workers grappled with drug shortages and lack of space to accommodate the influx. Congo is the epicentre of an mpox outbreak that the World Health Organization declared to be a global public health emergency …

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO

The Hindu  

The United Nations Children's Fund has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine alliance, Africa CDC and the World Health Organization, the organizations said in a joint statement on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Under the tender, UNICEF will set up conditional supply agreements with vaccine manufacturers, the statement said. Earlier …

Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days. “With the governments’ leadership and close cooperation between partners, we believe we can stop these outbreaks in the next six …

Africa’s mpox response is less than 10% funded, says Africa Centres for Disease Control
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Africa’s mpox response is less than 10% funded, says Africa Centres for Disease Control

The Hindu  

Africa has secured less than 10% of the estimated USD 245 million it needs to fight a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, a senior official from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. “We’ve come to the first estimate of USD 245 million,” Africa CDC Chief of Staff Ngashi Ngongo said at …

Why is taking so long to get mpox vaccines to the epicenter of the crisis?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is taking so long to get mpox vaccines to the epicenter of the crisis?

NPR  

Why is taking so long to get mpox vaccines to the epicenter of the crisis? The U.S. and Europe have access to mpox vaccines, but the epicenter of the current mpox crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has no doses yet. INSKEEP: WHO - World Health Organization - important global health organization, and they know that this disease …

Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent’s public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. At the earliest, the first batch of vaccine doses promised to support …

Africa’s mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world’s inability to stop epidemics, experts say
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Africa’s mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world’s inability to stop epidemics, experts say

Associated Press  

LONDON — The growing mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect and the global community’s inability to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity against the smallpox-related disease, leading African scientists said Tuesday. Mpox, also known as monkeypox, had been spreading mostly undetected for years …

WHO launches global strategic plan to contain mpox outbreak
3 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO launches global strategic plan to contain mpox outbreak

China Daily  

Patients await consultation at the treatment centre for Mpox in Munigi, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Aug 19. GENEVA - The World Health Organization on Monday launched a global drive to tackle human-to-human transmission of mpox. By coordinating global, regional, and national efforts, it aims to enhance surveillance and response strategies, ensure equitable access …

Ramping up contact tracing, availability of jab key to curb monkeypox: Dr Javier Guzman
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ramping up contact tracing, availability of jab key to curb monkeypox: Dr Javier Guzman

Hindustan Times  

The surge in mpox, or monkeypox, cases in parts of Africa has led to the World Health Organization declaring the outbreak of the viral disease a public health emergency of international concern on August 14. Dr Javier Guzman, director of Global Health Policy at the Center for Global Development, in an interview with Rhythma Kaul, discusses how the West should …

DR Congo no longer expects to receive mpox vaccines this week
3 months, 3 weeks ago

DR Congo no longer expects to receive mpox vaccines this week

Al Jazeera  

DRC had hoped to receive a first round of vaccine deliveries this week as virus spreads. The Democratic Republic of the Congo says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccines this week as global health authorities say the spread of the disease can still be contained. “The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the …

Mpox: Why TikTok conspiracy theorists are saying a “second lockdown” is going to happen.
54 years, 11 months ago

Mpox: Why TikTok conspiracy theorists are saying a “second lockdown” is going to happen.

Slate  

This article was republished from Sequencer and has been lightly edited for Slate. The World Health Organization declared last week that the ongoing mpox outbreak in central Africa is now a public health emergency of international concern. Here’s the obligatory debunking section of this story, starting with the fact that this is not even the first time that the WHO …

What is mpox virus? What you need to know about the latest global health emergency
4 months ago

What is mpox virus? What you need to know about the latest global health emergency

The Independent  

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