Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

The DR Congo's capital Kinshasa needs more than double the mpox vaccines it currently has to immunise all the city's at-risk ...

The World Health Organization will convene a meeting later this month to determine whether the mpox outbreak occurring in ...

As of 3 November, cases among children in the DRC had increased by over 130% from about 11,300 suspected cases to 25,600, while in Burundi, mpox has risen from 89 confirmed child cases to around 1,100 ...

Mpox, also known as monkeypox, is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It spreads through close contact with ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo faces challenges launching an mpox vaccination in Kinshasa due to a shortage of doses.

Democratic Republic of Congo has been unable to launch an mpox vaccination campaign in the capital Kinshasa due to a shortage ...

Attempts to change the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo only exacerbate existing citizen distrust in ...

KINSHASA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicenter of the ongoing mpox epidemic, will kick off a new round of vaccination, Health Minister Roger Kamba said late ...

Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus.

Split into clade 1a and clade 1b, clade 1b mpox first emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just over a year ...

Several African and ex-Soviet countries have expressed interest in buying Russia's vaccine against smallpox and mpox viruses, ...