Thousands of cases of the new mpox variant and hundreds of deaths have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR), which ... associated with monkeypox begin to appear on his hands ...

Aiming to halt the rapid spread of Mpox in one of Kinshasa's most densely populated neighbourhoods, Pakadjuma, the Democratic Republic of Congo's ... launched a targeted vaccination campaign ...

While Mpox remains a global threat, the World Health Organization said there are positive signs the response is paying off in ...

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in August, after a new mpox strain began spreading from the badly-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.

However, there are some signs that the upsurge in mpox infections is reducing, according to medics working at a clinic in eastern DR Congo. Millions of vaccines are being sent to the hardest-hit ...

Vaccines also helped people at risk protect themselves in many countries. But mpox has been a public health problem in parts of Africa for decades. The current outbreak, Congo’s worst ever ...

A Nigerian health official administers a mpox vaccination to a man ... In the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the countries hardest hit, the highly contagious zoonotic disease is suspected ...