The doses' arrival will boost hopes of curbing the outbreak, which the WHO has declared a global public health emergency.

So far, the DRC has recorded 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease. Severe cases have been reported among severely malnourished people, including 31 de...

Africa has seen over 32,000 suspected mpox cases including 840 deaths so far this year, according to Africa CDC data.

Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya said that several hundred high-risk individuals in Rwanda received the vaccine earlier this week.

The ministry has also intensified surveillance at sea, land, and air entry points to prevent the spread of Mpox.

The WHO has now declared the current upsurge of mpox in central Africa a public health emergency of international concern.

This is the second time in two years the organisation has issued an alert for the disease.

While Mpox can be transmitted from animals to humans, a recently identified lethal strain is now spreading from person to person.

Since 2022, the WHO has documented more than 21,000 cases of mumps in the DRC, with over 1,000 deaths.

This outbreak is just one of many health threats in the region, alongside cholera, measles, meningitis, and plague, all exacerbated by severe flooding...