DRC had hoped to receive a first round of vaccine deliveries this week as virus spreads. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccines this week as global health authorities say the spread of the disease can still…
NewsFeed The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says mpox has been detected in at least 13 African countries, and cases have been confirmed in other continents, too. How can people protect themselves? Published On 19 Aug 202419 Aug 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at…
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It’s dawn at the mpox treatment site at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of the city of Goma, and Congolese medics are already hard at work, calmly and efficiently screening, isolating and caring for patients infected with the disease. Two days prior, the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), its highest level of alert, due to a new variant of the mpox viral disease in Africa. The WHO on Wednesday said mpox cases have been found in 13 African countries and its new form…
Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called an emergency meeting to discuss a jump in mpox cases spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the…
The US had announced a humanitarian truce between Kinshasa and the M23 rebel group on July 5. Two children and two teenagers have been killed in a bombardment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local sources have told AFP news agency. The United States announced a humanitarian truce on…
UN warns of dire humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo. For years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been trapped in a cycle of conflict, with devastating consequences for its people. The latest escalation in violence between the military and the M23 armed group has forced 7.4 million people…
Military court in Butembo set up as part of crackdown on soldiers fleeing M23 rebels as fighting rages in the east. Twenty-five soldiers accused of fleeing fighting against M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been sentenced to death. The Butembo military court in North Kivu…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing the biggest outbreak of the viral mpox disease ever recorded, with tens of thousands of people infected as of June. In December 2022, the government declared it an epidemic. Formerly called monkeypox, the mpox disease is caused by the monkeypox virus, and…
Sustainability is the basis of Deborah Nzarubara’s bee business and approach to biodiversity. Deborah Nzarubara comes from a long line of beekeepers in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but she practises beekeeping differently from her forefathers. Her vision is for sustainable, organic beekeeping where agriculture and bees…
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