Despite being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern 10 months ago, the mpox outbreak is not over. And in places like Sierra Leone, it is spiralling. Paul Adepoju reports.

PREMIUM TIMES review of WHO global mpox trends shows that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains the epicentre, ...

The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with more ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it will continue to classify mpox (monkeypox) as a Public Health Emergency ...

Africa is set to record more mpox cases this year than it did in 2024, when an explosion of the virus prompted the ...

Africa is grappling with a worsening mpox crisis, with a critical shortfall of vaccine doses threatening to derail ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now come ...

Mpox outbreaks in Africa reflect a mixed picture, with cases on a downward trend in some countries that have been major hot ...

Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.

The Head of the Incident Management Support Team at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr.