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September 8, 2024

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India reports a case of mpox in a traveler from the affected country

Vials of JYNNEOS vaccine against smallpox and monkeypox are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Public Health Department at the Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US on August 20, 2022. India has registered a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently traveled from a country suffering from an outbreak of the virus, the health ministry said on Sunday. “A young male patient, who recently traveled from a country currently experiencing mpox transmission, has been identified as a suspected case of mpox,” the health ministry said in a statement. He

September 5, 2024

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DR Congo receives first batch of mpox vaccines

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help contain an outbreak that has prompted the UN to declare a global public health emergency. Congo is the epicenter of the outbreak, which has spread to neighboring countries and elsewhere, but a lack of vaccines in Africa has hampered efforts to stop the spread of the sometimes deadly disease. A plane carrying rations built by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union landed in the capital Kinshasa at around 1300 local time (1200 GMT), Reuters reporters at the

September 5, 2024

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Congo receives long-awaited doses of mpox vaccine

Doses of Bavarian Nordic’s Imvanex vaccine, used to protect against the mpox virus, at the Edison Municipal Vaccination Center in Paris, France, July 27, 2022. KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help contain an outbreak that has prompted the UN to declare a global public health emergency. Congo is the epicenter of the outbreak, which has spread to neighboring countries and elsewhere, but a lack of vaccines in Africa has hampered efforts to stop the spread of the sometimes deadly disease. A plane carrying rations built

September 1, 2024

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Three more cases of mpox have been identified in the Philippines

The Philippines reported three new cases of mpox, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to eight this year, the health department said on Sunday. According to a report by the Manila Times, mpox surveillance systems detected two cases in Metro Manila and one in the Calabarzon area. All three cases involve the milder MPXV clade II variant. As of July 2022, the Philippines has recorded a total of 17 mpox cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the global mpox situation as a “public health emergency of international concern”. In 2024, more than a dozen

September 1, 2024

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Peshawar emerges as ‘epicenter of mpox’ as new case takes Pakistan’s tally to five

A test tube labeled “Mpox virus positive” is in this picture taken on August 20, 2024. —Reuters The resurgence of the virus in Peshawar raises “serious concerns”. Dr. Shabana Saleem emphasizes the need for vigilance. Authorities have imposed screening protocols at airports. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fight against mpox is intensifying as Peshawar reported its fourth case on Sunday, raising fears that the city could become a hotspot for the virus. The last patient, a 47-year-old man, tested positive after being isolated by Border Health Services personnel on August 29. He had returned from the Gulf region, heightening concerns about the spread

September 1, 2024

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UNICEF issues emergency appeal for Mpox vaccines

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-affected countries in partnership with the Gavi vaccine alliance, the Africa CDC and the World Health Organization, the organizations said in a joint statement on Saturday. Depending on manufacturers’ production capacity, deals could be made for up to 12 million installments by 2025, according to the announcement. Under the tender, UNICEF will enter into conditional supply agreements with vaccine manufacturers, the statement said. This will allow UNICEF to purchase and ship vaccines without delay once funding, demand, readiness and regulatory requirements are confirmed. The

August 31, 2024

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Pakistan’s mpox toll reaches four after third case reported in KP

A test tube labeled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this picture taken on May 22, 2022. — Reuters KP’s third mpox patient was returning from abroad. A patient being treated at Peshawar’s Services Hospital. The government imposes strict screening measures at international airports. The toll of monkeypox in Pakistan this year has reached four after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported its third case after the virus was detected in a passenger returning to Pakistan from abroad. Confirming the development, the KP public health director said the Public Health Laboratory has confirmed monkey pox in the patient, who hails from Orakzai. He

August 28, 2024

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Mpox is likely to increase fiscal pressures in sub-Saharan Africa, Fitch warns

Internally displaced women listen to Nathalie Kipenzi, a hygiene advocate, during an awareness campaign about Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the Mpox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at the Muja IDP camp in Nyiragongo district, near Goma in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on August 19, 2024. — REUTERS NAIROBI: Countries in sub-Saharan Africa facing a rapid spread of the mpox virus could face fiscal pressure from the disease, ratings agency Fitch warned on Wednesday. The potentially deadly mpox was declared a global health emergency by the World Health

August 27, 2024

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The new mpox strain is changing rapidly. African scientists are “working blind” to respond

Dr. Jacqueline Weyer stands inside a general diagnostic laboratory at South Africa’s National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), which is playing a role in the country’s Mpox response efforts, in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 22, 2024. — Reuters LONDON/CHICAGO: Scientists studying the new strain of mpox that spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected and often in areas where experts lack the funding and equipment to properly detect it. That means there are many unknowns about the virus itself, its severity and how it is transmitted, complicating the response, said half a

August 23, 2024

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WHO says partners can start talks to buy mpox vaccine before approval

Test tubes labeled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this picture taken on May 23, 2022. — Reuters The World Health Organization said on Friday that its partners such as Gavi and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) can start buying mpox vaccines before they are approved by the UN health agency, in an effort to vaccines are given to Africa more quickly as the continent struggles. escalating virus epidemic. Traditionally, organizations like Gavi, an alliance that helps lower-income countries buy vaccines, can only start buying vaccines after receiving approval from the WHO. But the rules

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