Tag: mpox

Senegalese health authorities have confirmed a case of mpox involving a foreign national who entered the country last week. It marks the first detected case in Senegal this year, the ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, has confirmed two cases of Mpox in the Accra Metropolitan Area of the Greater Accra Region.  The confirmation, ...

In a significant move to combat the spread of mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday, October 4 that it has approved the first-ever diagnostic test for the ...

In a comprehensive press briefing, the Health Minister Dr. Okoe Boye, has given a detailed significant stride in Ghana’s health sector, emphasizing the synchronization of 31 agencies under the Ministry ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a significant step in the battle against mpox, approving its first vaccine for adults.  On Friday, September 13, WHO announced that the vaccine, ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has made an urgent call for $21.4 million in funding to scale up health services for refugees and host communities across Africa ...

Congo greatly boosted its battle against the ongoing mpox outbreak as 50,000 vaccine doses from the United States arrived on Tuesday, September 10. This delivery marks the second significant batch ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed optimism that the current mpox outbreaks across Africa might be brought under control within the next six months.  WHO Director-General ...

In a significant move to curb the ongoing mpox outbreak, Germany announced that it would donate 100,000 doses of the mpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ...

The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for $18.5 million to fund efforts aimed at controlling the outbreak of mpox. According to a statement released by the UN's ...