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In Uganda, the virus is spreading in urban areas and among sexual networks, posing contact-tracing challenges.
Scientists raise alarm about new variants, urge national disease testing ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Foreign aid cuts could result in a major outbreak of mpox across the African continent and beyond, with ...
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The number of mpox cases reported in Africa in the past three months has been more than half ...
In Uganda’s bustling marketplaces and the quiet paths of remote villages, one woman’s presence brings not only knowledge— but ...
Ms Thomson revealed that the project would take five years and would cost more than $5.5 million (about Shs20.2 billion) ...
Most European cases have been reported in people who had travelled to parts of Africa with ongoing mpox outbreaks. View on ...
The DRC is also grappling with a major measles outbreak. Kyeng Mercy, PhD, epidemic intelligence unit lead at Africa CDC, ...
The outbreak began when a team of scientists and documentary film-makers excavated the remains of a woolly mammoth in the frozen Arctic tundra.
KAMPALA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Uganda on Monday launched the second phase of its mpox vaccination campaign to curb the rising number of cases. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, spokesperson for the Ministry of ...
At a press conference on Thursday, Prof. Yap Boum the Incident Manager for Mpox at Africa CDC said only two out ten suspected cases are currently being tested with the local response in DRC and Uganda ...
He, however, said that challenges persisted in active case search, contact tracing, and follow-up, especially within sexual ...