The African Union's health watchdog said Thursday it has endorsed an mpox test from Morocco, hailing it as a "major milestone" to help combat the outbreak on the continent.

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.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced Thursday its endorsement of Morocco's locally ...

The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr MatshidisoMoeti stated on Thursday that the number of people ...

Hexavalent, six-in-one vaccine can reduce spread of the disease and cut costs ANALYSIS | ESTHER NAKKAZI | Pertussis, or ...

Addis ABABA. - The African continent is still in the acute phase of the Mpox outbreak as the number of cases reported so far ...

However, donors have been slow to convert their pledges into financial support and vaccine deliveries, according to the ...

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 Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has approved the first locally-made diagnostic test for mpox, as the ...

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