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Kenya: Mpox - Kenya Confirms First Case in Passenger Traveling From Uganda
Independent (Kampala), 1 August 2024
Kenya on Wednesday declared an outbreak of monkeypox (mpox) in the country following its detection in Taita Taveta, southeast of the country's capital of Nairobi. Read more »
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East Africa: EAC On Track to Combat Zoonotic, Water-Borne Diseases
New Times, 31 July 2024
The East African Community (EAC) together with International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), have successfully concluded… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Central African Republic Declares Mpox Outbreak, Works to Stop Spread
VOA, 31 July 2024
Central African Republic officials say they are meeting with the governments of neighboring countries in an effort to stop the spread of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Five Questions About the Mpox Outbreak in DRC
MSF, 30 July 2024
In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the number of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) cases have been on the rise for more than two years. However, the situation has worsened in… Read more »
Mpox Cases Surge in Several African Countries
Kenya has declared an outbreak after a case was detected in a passenger traveling from Uganda to Rwanda at a border crossing in southern Kenya while the Central African Republic confirmed cases in several towns and villages, and new infections were reported in Bangui.
The highly infectious disease has also been detected in Rwanda and Burundi, while a new strain has been spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo. South Africa has recorded 20 cases, including two deaths.
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has called on EAC Partner States to educate their citizens on how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of Mpox.
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Global health experts have said that the dangerous, new strain of Mpox spreading quickly along the eastern border of DR Congo is "incredibly worrying''. T Read more »
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South Africa has now recorded six laboratory-confirmed cases and two deaths. Minister of Health Joe Phaahla said that all the cases are men aged between 30 and 39, without travel ... Read more »
Since early May 2022, cases of mpox have been reported from countries where the disease is not endemic, and continue to be reported in several endemic countries (file photo).
