尼日利亚国家艾滋病控制机构(NACA)警告称,Mpox(猴痘)疾病对HIV携带者构成显著风险,并呼吁公众采取预防措施应对该疾病上升的威胁。 非洲疾病控制中心(Africa CDC)已向所有非洲卫生部长发出信函,呼吁协调努力应对Mpox并改进检测方法。 NACA的公关和协议负责人Toyin Aderibigbe在声明中强调了HIV携带者面临的加大风险,而该机...
Mpox was first discovered in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There are two subtypes of the virus: the more virulent and deadlier Clade I, endemic in the Congo Basin in central Africa; and Clade II, endemic in West Africa. In May 2022, mpox infections surged ...
Africa’s public health body says it hopes Mpox vaccines will finally arrive on the continent "in another two weeks, tops" after months of seeking doses. The doses will go first to countries with acute need and the largest overall burden, the acting director of the Africa Cen...
Ghebreyesus's announcement followed the declaration a day earlier (13 August) by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that mpox had formally become a regional public health emergency. More than 15000 cases and 400 deaths have been recorded in the region this year, ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week tallied 21 more cases of mpox, the diseaseformerly called monkeypox, as authorities are now bracing for the possibility of aresurgence over the coming months. Illinois makes up the largest share of new cases, with nine new infectionsreport...
Mpox has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents. But the disease wasn’t known to spark big outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread easily among people until last May, when dozens of epidemics emerged...
over $800 million has been pledged to the africa centres for disease control and prevention for its fight against a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, the agency's head said on thursday, adding that the amount was higher than expected. it had previously promised to rai...
The new findings come as the Biden administration is touting new moves to expand eligibility for the shots, and other initiatives aiming to drive down severe infections and deaths. "These new data provide us with a level of cautious optimism that the vaccine is working as intended. These early...
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