The Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced on Monday that the mpox upsurge continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern as set forth in the International Health Regulations (IHR). The announcement follows the fourth meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the mpox upsurge, held on 5 June …

The number of cases of mpox registered in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the year has hit 3,011, with 14 dead, according to new government data. All of the regions in the West African country have now registered cases, according to the latest health ministry figures released late Friday. The new figures were nearly 50 per cent rise in …

The number of confirmed cases of Mpox in the country has increased to 102 across 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, up from the previous 94 cases. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press briefing. Idris said in response to the increasing …

U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged 500 million dollars to African countries to help prevent and respond to mpox, and will donate one million doses of vaccine. Biden said this in his farewell address to world leaders at the general debate of the 79th session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. He called …

Akwa Ibom government says it has recorded five cases of Monkeypox across the state from a total of 30 samples collected for diagnosis. From the samples, four cases were confirmed initially, including three males and a female, ranging from two, four, 12 and 41 years of age. Samuel Etuk, a disease surveillance and notification officer who is with the state …

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said the tentative date to commence vaccination for mpox is 8 October 2024. The Head of the Public Relations Unit at the NPHCDA, Remi Adeleke, who disclosed this exclusively to The PUNCH on Friday, also stated that the vaccine deployment will begin from 3 to 6 October 2024. Adeleke said, “The …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced that the country has recorded a total of 40 confirmed cases of mpox out of 830 suspected cases. NCDC Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, made this announcement at the Joint NCDC/World Health Organisation National Mpox briefing with stakeholders and partners in Abuja. The WHO Nigeria Country Office disclosed that Nigeria …

The Federal Government has intensified monitoring and screening procedures at all entry points in the country in response to the monkey pox (Mpox) outbreak. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday signed by his Special Adviser on Media & External Relations, Tashikalmah Hallah. The Africa Centre for Disease Control …

The Africa Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared mpox (monkeypox) a public health emergency of continental security following the alarming viral infection spread rate. Making the declaration in an online media briefing on Tuesday, the Head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Jean Kaseya, said the move was a necessary measure in …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed more than 30 pathogens that are likely to cause the next pandemic in the African region. This was revealed in its latest report titled, ‘Pathogens prioritisation: A scientific framework for epidemic and pandemic research preparedness’. Among the viruses and bacteria are Lassa fever, Mpox, Ebola, dengue fever, respiratory virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, …