Due to the alarming surge in cases of mpox (formerly referred to as monkeypox), the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the disease a public health emergency on Tuesday.

Africa CDC declares a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent. The African Union's health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing ...

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It also called on Tanzania and South Africa, on an individual basis, to respect human rights, including safeguarding public health in Dar es Salaam. This followed the declaration of states of ...

(Photo by Michel Lunanga / AFP) The head of Africa’s health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a “full-scale public health emergency”, warning that the fighting there ...