Congo gold-mining town is mpox hot spot
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Mpox had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Africa, until a 2022 outbreak reached more than 70 countries.
Mpox outbreak: New strain fuels crisis in Congo, claiming over 720 lives amid ongoing conflict
World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that Congo has reported over 21,000 of the 25,093 confirmed and suspected Mpox cases in Africa for 2024. In the recent outbreaks, more than 720 people have died,
Mpox outbreak: Gold mining town in Congo becomes Mpox hot spot as new strain spreads
Health officials have zeroed in on Kamituga, a remote yet bustling gold mining town of some 300,000 people that attracts miners, sex workers and traders who are constantly on the move. Cases from other parts of eastern Congo can be traced back here,
Mpox Outbreak: Gold Mining Town New Epicentre In Congo; India's Kerala Traces Infected Man's Recent Contacts
Health Minister of Indian state of Kerala, Veena George, said on Thursday that genome sequencing will be conducted to identify the variant of the virus that the person diagnosed with monkeypox (mpox) in the state has contracted.
Mpox outbreak horror as new strain tears through mining town
Miners, sex workers and traders pass through the remote town of Kamituga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been singled out as a major infection hotspot in the mpox outbreak
Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?
Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of ...
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Protect Women and Girls in DR Congo’s Prisons
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The lawyer for 3 Americans facing a death sentence over Congo coup attempt files appeal
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Two American friends went to the Congo on vacation. Then they got swept up in a coup.
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DR Congo mpox vaccination campagin to begin October 2
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Congo is struggling to contain mpox
Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly ...
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From Abuse To Power: Ending Fortress Conservation In Democratic Republic Of Congo
Oakland InstituteWikimedia Commons For decades, Indigenous and local communities in the DRC have been victims of forced ...