The Mpox outbreak has renewed interest in Kenya from various foreign vaccine suppliers. One of the few WHO-approved Mpox ...

Yesterday the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Commission highlighted the ...

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The European Commission and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched plans to ramp up ...

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"This is a moral, strategic, and public health failure in the making," lawmakers told the U.S. State Department Wednesday.

Africa’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported more than 59,000 mpox cases and 1,164 deaths in 20 countries this year.

Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus.

For example, in August, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that $245 million was needed to respond to the outbreak. Months later, the amount needed is likely much higher.

Only mpox tests that require laboratory processing have been approved by the WHO and Africa CDC, which has expressed the need for rapid tests that don’t need to be sent to labs.

Africa’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported more than 59,000 mpox cases and 1,164 deaths in 20 countries this year.