Mpox News – Africa CDC
WEBUNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO. 31 August 2024. Media Advisory.
Africa CDC Declares Mpox A Public Health Emergency of …
WEBAddis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 Aug 2024 – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.
Mpox – Africa CDC
WEBAfrica CDC has declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). The agency is mobilizing resources, strengthening surveillance, supporting laboratory testing, and providing technical support to African Union Member States to interrupt the transmission of Mpox across the continent.
Clade I Mpox Outbreak Originating in Central Africa - CDC
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Mpox cases are occurring in several countries in Central and Eastern Africa. The Republic of the Congo (ROC), which borders DRC to the west, declared a clade I mpox outbreak in April 2024. There have also been confirmed clade I cases in Central African Republic (CAR), which borders DRC to the north. Clade I mpox is endemic to ROC and CAR, but ...
Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll ...
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in a week, a toll the agency's director-general described as “not acceptable.”
FACT SHEET: United States Response to the Clade I Mpox …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The significant increase of clade I mpox cases, in both endemic countries (those that have previously had mpox outbreaks) and non-endemic countries (those that have historically not reported mpox outbreaks), threatens the health security of the region, as well as countries outside Africa.
WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
WEBDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox, three weeks after WHO declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.
Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa - BBC
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Scientists from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) say they are alarmed by the speed at which a new strain of mpox has been spreading. Since the beginning of...
African CDC and WHO launch joint continental plan to scale up mpox …
WEBSep 6, 2024 · The launch of the Mpox Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan follows the declarations of a public health emergency of continental security (PHECS) on 13 August 2024 by Africa CDC, and a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 14 August 2024 by WHO.
Africa CDC declares mpox a public health emergency
WEBAug 13, 2024 · The African Union’s health watchdog has declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a “clarion call for action”. “I declare with ...
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