WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak Global Emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Mpox (monkeypox) a public health emergency of international concern In a statement on Wednesday, August 14, by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the disease has spread in eastern DRC with outbreaks reported in other African countries. “The emergence of a new clade of Mpox, its rapid […]

Rwanda’s High-Level Critical Care Ensures Low Marburg Fatality Rate

healthpolicy-watch.news - 21/Oct 15:44

After a full week of no new Marburg cases, Rwanda appears to have contained one of the biggest recorded of the deadly virus outbreaks – and with a...

WHO affirms health situation in the northern Gaza Strip gets dire.

en.ypagency.net - 31/Oct 22:36

GAZA, Oct. 31 (YPA) – Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed on Thursday that the health...

East African Community (EAC) deploys Experts to combat Mpox outbreak

sundaynews.co.zw - 01/Nov 15:51

For the first time, the East African Community (EAC) is operationalising its Rapidly Deployable Expert (RDE) Pool in response to an international...

WHO expands Emergency Use Listing for mpox diagnostics

news.medical.net - 31/Oct 00:41

As part of ongoing efforts to enhance quality-assured testing options, the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed two additional mpox in vitro...

African health experts meet in Uganda over cross-border mpox response

hiiraan.com - 23/Oct 05:51

Experts from African countries that have reported mpox outbreaks, along with regional health bodies, started a meeting here on Monday to assess the...

Somalia calls for urgent immunization to combat world’s longest variant outbreak

hiiraan.com - 25/Oct 05:32

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, renewed its commitment to eradicating polio on World...

Two Cases of Mpox reported in Norway

khaama.com - 23/Oct 11:27

Norwegian authorities have announced that two cases of monkeypox (Mpox) have been reported in the country. The Oslo municipality stated on Tuesday,...

Another Rwandan Health Worker Gets Marburg, While Cases of Kids Co-infected with Mpox and Measles Rise

healthpolicy-watch.news - 24/Oct 17:09

Rwanda has recorded its 63rd Marburg case, while cases of children coinfected with both mpox and measles are rising in the Democratic Republic of...

MPox: Expert advocates investment in vaccine, therapeutic research

veracity.com.ng - 29/Oct 15:23

By: Chidinma Ewunonu-AlukoProf. Simeon Cadmus, a Professor of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, has called...

WHO Limits Polio Immunization Campaign to Gaza City Amid Conflict Concerns.

varabnewsexpress.ae - 01/Nov 00:00

Gaza: The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced on Friday that the relaunch of the polio immunization...

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