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Blog - The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest ...

In January, authorities began treating mpox patients at home to protect hospital beds for people with conditions like malaria and pregnancy complications. But the strategy failed.

West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while ...

Sierra Leone now accounts for 63 percent of all new mpox confirmed cases in Africa, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention or Africa CDC, which described the rise as ...

As mpox cases rise in Sierra Leone, we check-in with Professor Trudie Lang to understand the implications of the continuing spread of the disease and what progress is being made in responding to the ...

Despite being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern 10 months ago, the mpox outbreak is not over. And in places like Sierra Leone, it is spiralling. Paul Adepoju reports.

Mpox outbreaks in Africa reflect a mixed picture, with cases on a downward trend in some countries that have been major hot ...

Overall, the United States has seen almost 1,200 measles cases this year, threatening the elimination status the country has held since 2000. Cases this year have almost topped the total in 2019, when ...

The Head of the Incident Management Support Team at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, has disclosed that Africa has recorded 141,000 suspected ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced that the mpox upsurge ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases ...