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

Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.

Africa is set to record more mpox cases this year than it did in 2024, when an explosion of the virus prompted the ...

The Head of the Incident Management Support Team at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr.

Ethiopia confirmed its first mpox cases in late May, with 3 infections reported, and last week the total rose sharply, to 40 ...

Dr. Ngongo revealed that 94% of all confirmed Mpox cases on the continent are concentrated in four countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Burundi. Focusing on ...

Then I became scared.” Yusuf is one of over 3,600 people in Sierra Leone who have tested positive for mpox since the start of ...

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

Monkeypox, now known as Mpox, is a viral infection that causes painful rashes, swollen lymph nodes, and fever. Mpox typically ...