Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 26, 2024 · Mpox can be fatal in some cases. Diagnosis . Identifying mpox can be difficult because other infections and conditions can look similar. It is important to distinguish mpox from chickenpox, measles, bacterial skin infections, scabies, herpes, syphilis, other sexually transmitted infections, and medication-associated allergies.
Mpox outbreak - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 3, 2024 · Mpox is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and fever. It can make people very sick and leave scars. A global outbreak of mpox began in May 2022 and continues to this day. In recent months, cases have been increasing in the ...
Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 23, 2024 · Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever. It can make people very sick and leave scars. The disease mainly spreads from person to person through close contact.
Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
Severe mpox cases seen in some countries highlight the urgent need to increase equitable access to mpox diagnostic tests, vaccines and therapeutics, and to HIV prevention, testing and treatment. Without this, most affected groups are being left without the tools they need to protect their sexual health and well-being.
Mpox (monkeypox) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nov 23, 2023 · Mpox is an infectious disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is endemic in densely forested regions of West, Central and East Africa, particularly in the northern and central regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Eleven of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are identified as endemic for mpox, but in more recent …
Mpox – African Region - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 22, 2024 · No deaths have been reported as of 20 August. West Africa. Côte d’Ivoire. In July 2024, Côte d’Ivoire confirmed two non-fatal cases of mpox. The first case is a 46-year-old patient who consulted a doctor on 1 July with a fever, headache and skin rash, in Tabou district, San Pedro region, on the border with Liberia.
WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health …
Aug 14, 2024 · Mpox has been reported in the DRC for more than a decade, and the number of cases reported each year has increased steadily over that period. Last year, reported cases increased significantly, and already the number of cases reported so far this year has exceeded last year’s total, with more than 15 600 cases and 537 deaths.
Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report#40- 13 ...
Oct 13, 2024 · This is the 40th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides an update on the mpox epidemiological situation in Africa as of 6 October 2024. Sixteen countries on the African continent have reported mpox cases in the last six weeks. The most affected country in 2024 continues to be the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
Donors making a difference: United against mpox, swift and …
Sep 25, 2024 · Over 120 countries have confirmed more than 106 000 cases of mpox since the onset of the global outbreak in 2022. In 2024, there has been an upsurge of mpox in the DRC and neighbouring countries, with about 30 000 suspected cases and more than 800 deaths reported across 15 countries in the WHO African Region (based on data as of 15 September 2024).
Mpox - Democratic Republic of the Congo - World Health …
Jun 14, 2024 · In December 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a national outbreak of mpox and an incident management system has been in place since February 2023, based on the increasing number of reported cases. Since September 2023, an outbreak of mpox in South Kivu province has continued to spread within the province and recently to …