The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned that the worsening humanitarian situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hampers the fight against ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts on critical global health initiatives, warning they pose a direct threat to public health efforts ...

A hospital in Southampton is one of 12 new vaccination sites for the mpox vaccine. The Royal South Hants Hospital will be delivering the jabs to those eligible. This comes as the NHS announced the ...

For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus ...

and advanced towards South Kivu. Before the latest violence, mpox cases had been stabilizing, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a speech to the agency's executive board.

The health ministry of South Sudan declared an Mpox outbreak on Friday after confirming a case in the capital.Acting Health Minister James Hoth Mai told a press conference that the confirmed case, a ...

Africa has made significant progress towards local vaccine and other health products manufacturing--securing funding for manufacturers, improving regulatory instruments and mobilising support to ...

The South African Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to pandemic preparedness, as global concerns over mpox resurface with Sierra Leone's declaration of a public health emergency.

Fighting escalated sharply in late January, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized control of parts of North Kivu, including areas near the regional capital Goma, and advanced towards South Kivu. Before ...

The advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province threatens to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in an area already housing thousands of displaced people ...