Mpox became a global health emergency for the second time in 2024

Surging mpox cases in East, West and Central Africa prompted the World Health Organization to once again make the infection a global health emergency ... Read More

Health scares of 2024: A Year-in-Review of outbreaks and global responses

The last decade has seen a significant rise in global health threats, which continued into 2024. Here's a round-up of major outbreaks and pandemics that caused much scare around the world ... Read More

Pakistan Confirms Eighth Mpox Case in 2024

Pakistan reported its eighth case of Mpox this year on Thursday, involving a 30-year-old laborer who arrived in Islamabad from Saudi Arabia. Read More

This doctor raised the alarm about a deadly mpox outbreak that went global

Early this year, cases of mpox erupted across Central Africa, killing hundreds. Seeing the events unfold so soon after the still-simmering outbreak of 2022 “felt like scientific amnesia”, says Placide ... Read More

Mpox cases in Africa near 70,000 mark: Africa CDC

The number of mpox cases reported in Africa so far this year has surpassed 69,000, with the death toll rising to more than 1,260, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has ... Read More

Moroccan company files orders for mpox tests, as outbreak continues

A Moroccan company is filling orders for mpox tests even as an outbreak continues and after African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic ... Read More

Mpox cases in Uganda surpass 1,000 mark

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The cumulative number of confirmed mpox cases in Uganda has surpassed 1,000, with six deaths reported since the outbreak was declared five months ago in the East African ... Read More

WHO provides oxygen concentrators, medicines, lab supplies amid malaria outbreak in Congo

According to Al Jazeera , the mpox vaccines received by Congo come from Bavarian Nordic, a Danish pharmaceutical laboratory. This vaccine is currently the only one approved for use in Europe and the ... Read More

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

Africa’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported more than 59,000 mpox cases and 1,164 deaths in 20 countries this year. Read More

The first 100 days of the mpox response in Africa

Africa's low COVID-19 mortality rates concealed important vulnerabilities, including poor health infrastructure and manufacturing constraints,1 highlighting the need for a proactive, continent-wide ... Read More

Mpox Outbreak: Collaborative Strategies to Strengthen India's Preparedness, Response

India has made significant progress in enhancing its readiness to combat Mpox outbreaks by utilizing a collaborative multisectoral approach and public health response to address current and ... Read More

Morocco produces Africa’s first test kits to fight Mpox

Moroccan startup Moldiag began developing mpox tests after the World Health Organisation declared the virus a global emergency in August. Sold for $5 each, Moldiag has got orders for the kits from ... Read More