A Professor of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Prof. Simeon Cadmus has called for investment in vaccine and therapeutic research to mitigate the impact of Mpox in future outbreaks.
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The government of Cross River State has discovered two new cases of Mpox in Calabar Municipality, raising the number identified in the council to five.
University College Dublin (UCD) is leading MpoxVax AFRIVAC, a new €1.3 million international consortium that aims to rapidly deploy technology…
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday approved Bavarian Nordic’s (BAVA.CO) new tab mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reported that Mpox remains a significant public health issue.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports that 54 new suspected Mpox cases were recorded in Nigeria during Week 39 of 2024, marking a decline from the 75 cases reported in the previous week.
An NGO, the Social, Behavioral, and Communication Change Officer of Breakthrough Action Nigeria (BA-N), Nura Faggo, has called on journalists…
The Vice President of Global Programmes at VillageReach, Dr Bannet Ndyanabangi has highlighted some of the steps that African nations could take to boost resilience in their health systems amidst the Mpox outbreak.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), says governments and donors have committed around one billion dollars to tackle Africa’s ongoing mpox outbreak, with the United States pledging five million dollars.
UNICEF has issued an urgent appeal for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid spread of mpox in six African countries including Burundi, where youngsters have been impacted the most.