Tag: Monkeypox
DRC: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responds to Mpox epidemic in Bolomba
In the Democratic Republic of Congo’s western province of Equateur, the people in the Bolomba health zone have been...
2022 year in health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
The UN warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola...
Why many countries still struggle in the fight against malaria
Malaria remains one of the most devastating parasitic diseases affecting humans. In 2020 there were around 241 million cases...
Ghana’s journey to victory over Marburg virus outbreak
“We have been managing cases of outbreaks such as COVID-19, but Marburg raised the stakes much higher,” recounted Dr...
Nigeria expands genomic sequencing intervention beyond the novel coronavirus disease
Given that genomic sequencing technology enhanced the fight against COVID-19 globally, Nigeria is working on a strategy to integrate...
Zimbabwe moves to strengthen genomic surveillance
One of the valuable tools in the global, regional, and national response to the COVID-19 pandemic is genomic surveillance....
Nigeria’s UNAIDS Country Director shares how lessons from the AIDS response apply to the Monkeypox response
Dr Leo Zekeng, who is United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) Country Director and Representative in Nigeria...
Experts now settle on using Roman numerals when giving monkeypox virus variants new names
A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants, as part...
Nigeria’s Adamawa state strengthens awareness campaign on monkeypox
As the threat of monkeypox looms globally, public health authorities in Adamawa state have intensified awareness campaigns to control...
Monkeypox concern heightened after becoming a ‘Northern’ disease, says WHO
Countries need to work more together to stop the rapidly spreading outbreak of monkeypox, “no matter the nationality, skin...
WHO believes monkeypox outbreak can be stopped
The rapidly spreading Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped, “with the right strategies in the right groups”, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
What you need to know about monkeypox: How it spreads, who is at risk
Monkeypox is not a new disease, and in some African countries it is endemic. However, the international outbreak which...