An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said on Wednesday.

In recent weeks, limited vaccination has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. This allocation to the 9 countries marks a significant step towards a coordinated and targeted ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo - reporting four out of every five confirmed cases in Africa this year - will take 85% of the nearly 900,000 doses allocated ...

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...

Mpox epidemics in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda had their origins in Congo, and a number of cases in travelers have also ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the ...

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections ...

Nsanzimana made the announcement while addressing a special online media briefing Thursday on the multi-country mpox outbreak in Africa and the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda alongside ...

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, drew global attention in 2022 during an outbreak that affected the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. The virus comes in two distinct forms or "clades ...

Mpox vaccine deployments in Africa have faced delays, and supply is expected to remain limited in the near- to medium-term. However, three countries in the region—Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of ...

Mpox, a viral disease related to smallpox ... The new strain has also been recorded in neighbouring Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, with imported cases in Sweden, India, Thailand, Germany ...