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1 week, 5 days ago

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

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 …

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2 weeks, 1 day 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 …

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2 weeks, 6 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 …

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2 weeks, 6 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 …

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1 month, 1 week 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 …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Framework unveiled to strengthen surveillance

China Daily

In response to the challenge of the emerging and reemerging infectious diseases across the continent, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, or Africa CDC, has developed a continental strategic framework to strengthen cross-border surveillance, coordination and information sharing among African Union member states. The framework will enhance coordination and governance, build capacities at points of entry, improve data-sharing mechanisms, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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4 months ago

Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone launches India’s first indigenously developed Mpox RT-PCR kit

The Hindu

The Visakhapatnam-based Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone on August 24 announced a groundbreaking development in diagnostic technology by launching ‘ErbaMDx MonkeyPox RT-PCR Kit’. Developed in partnership with the Transasia Diagnostics Private Limited, the kit is the country’s first indigenously developed testing solution for Mpox, and is a part of the nation’s epidemic preparedness to manage any potential outbreak of the virus …

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4 months ago

Mpox is again a global health emergency. How concerned should Californians be?

LA Times

This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows mpox particles, red, found within an infected cell, blue, cultured in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. “That said, as I always say, an infection anywhere is potentially an infection everywhere,” Rimoin said, “and our best chance to reduce the impact of Clade I-related …

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4 months ago

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week

The Independent

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4 months ago

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week. African authorities ask for vaccines

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Congo reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as African health authorities asked for desperately needed vaccines to help fight its “growing” threat on the continent. While mpox has been reported in 12 of Africa’s 54 countries during these outbreaks, the vast central African nation of Congo has …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Southern African leaders meet amid mpox concerns and a political crackdown in summit host Zimbabwe

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Southern African leaders meet amid mpox concerns and a political crackdown in summit host Zimbabwe

Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe — African leaders will meet in Zimbabwe on Saturday for a scheduled summit of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community that may discuss the rising issue of mpox outbreaks across the continent but is less likely to tackle international concerns about the human rights record of its host. South Africa’s Democratic Alliance party, which is part of the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

First case of clade Ib mpox confirmed outside of Africa in Sweden, World Health Organization confirms

ABC

The World Health Organization confirmed that a case of the clade Ib strain of mpox in Sweden was linked to an outbreak in Africa. Swedish health officials said at a press conference that the person was infected while in Africa with the clade Ib type of mpox involved in the recent outbreak. "This is the first clade I mpox case …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Sweden confirms first case of mpox

CNN

Stockholm CNN — Sweden confirmed its first case of the viral infection mpox on Thursday, which was also the first case outside Africa, a day after the WHO declared the disease a global public health emergency for the second time in two years. The person was infected while staying in a part of Africa where there was a large outbreak …

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4 months, 1 week ago

A new global health emergency: What is mpox, where are the outbreaks and will the virus spread?

Associated Press

LONDON — The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders. That makes it harder to spot, meaning people might also sicken others without knowing they’re infected, said Dr. Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, a Congolese researcher who led the research into the new …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Mpox outbreak declared a public health emergency in Africa: Here's all you need to know

Hindustan Times

The viral disease has swept through a number of African countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo. The African Union's health authority has declared a public health emergency over an mpox outbreak on the continent. "With a heavy heart but with an unyielding commitment to our people, to our African citizens, we declare mpox as public health emergency of continental …

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4 months, 1 week ago

A new global mpox emergency: Where are the outbreaks and what is the WHO doing?

LA Times

The 2022 outbreak of mpox in dozens of countries was largely shut down with the use of vaccines and treatments in rich countries. The World Health Organization has declared that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning a deadlier version of the virus might spill broadly across international borders. That makes it harder to …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa by top health body

ABC

Africa's top public health body has declared a public health emergency over a growing mpox outbreak on the continent. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya announced the news on Tuesday with a "heavy heart but with an unyielding commitment to our people, to our African citizens." "Mpox has now crossed borders, affecting thousands across our continent, …

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

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

Mpox response paying off in Africa

Mpox response paying off in Africa

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

Framework unveiled to strengthen surveillance

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

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

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

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

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

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

Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone launches India’s first indigenously developed Mpox RT-PCR kit

Mpox is again a global health emergency. How concerned should Californians be?

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week. African authorities ask for vaccines

Southern African leaders meet amid mpox concerns and a political crackdown in summit host Zimbabwe

Southern African leaders meet amid mpox concerns and a political crackdown in summit host Zimbabwe

First case of clade Ib mpox confirmed outside of Africa in Sweden, World Health Organization confirms

Sweden confirms first case of mpox

A new global health emergency: What is mpox, where are the outbreaks and will the virus spread?

Mpox outbreak declared a public health emergency in Africa: Here's all you need to know

A new global mpox emergency: Where are the outbreaks and what is the WHO doing?

Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa by top health body