The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid ...
UNICEF and partners are scaling up the emergency response in the DRC, Burundi and other countries in Africa, but more donor ...
It is possible to end the mpox outbreak in Burundi within weeks, a U.N. health official said on Friday, but progress in ...
Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts,” said Dr Paul Ngwakum, UNICEF Regional Health Advisor for Eastern and Southern ...
KAVUMU, Congo (AP) — Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country ...
Since the outbreak began, nearly 1,000 people in Kamituga have been infected and eight have died, half of them children.
South Africa had previously reported five unlinked mpox cases in 2022. Having confirmed zero cases in 2023, the country has ...
Global neglect led us to the current mpox outbreak. A global response, based on equity and solidarity, is the only thing that can get us out of it, writes WHO’s Maria D. Van Kerkhove.