Ghebreyesus also called on governments to make concrete commitments to invest in expanding access to prevention, testing, treatment, vaccines and research for Tuberculosis, TB, as well...
According to the Acting CDC director, Ahmed Ogwell, more than 50 new mpox cases in Congo was recorded this month and said Ghana and Nigeria are...
The agency has only gotten back about 200 forms from physicians documenting patient’s initial symptoms and results, accounting for less than 1 percent of the doses...
“Eliminating monkeypox needs three things: the evidence that it’s possible, which we are now beginning to see; political will and commitment; and the implementation of public...
US health authorities have also launched an initiative to target smaller events, in particular to reach out more to minorities; for example, the “the house [music]...
“Currently, no case of Marburg virus disease has been reported in Nigeria. Meanwhile, the NCDC-led multisectoral National Emerging Viral Haemorrhagic Diseases Working Group that coordinates preparedness...
The World Health Organization classified the escalating outbreak of the once-rare monkeypox disease as an international emergency in July. Outside of Africa, 98% of cases are...
While declaring the outbreak of monkeypox, Dahiru noted that he had activated the Incident Management System with full responsibility for surveillance.
Even doses of the smallpox vaccine, which has shown effectiveness against monkeypox, are not available in Africa, Ogwell said. "The solutions need to be global in...
Some experts have asked why Russians have not chosen African countries such Nigeria, or regions such as Central and West Africa where the virus is currently...