Mpox: WHO and partners activate Global Health Emergency Corps for the first time over outbreak
Oct 30, 2024, at 10:31 pm
In October 2024, WHO and partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to countries facing mpox outbreaks.
Mpox outbreak: WHO approves first diagnostic test for emergency use
Oct 05, 2024, at 02:38 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.
UNICEF issues USD 58.8 million appeal to halt ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa
Sep 21, 2024, at 02:24 pm
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid spread of mpox in six African countries including Burundi, where youngsters have been impacted the most.
India reports second Mpox case with Kerala man testing positive for virus after return from UAE
Sep 19, 2024, at 02:13 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala Wednesday registered India's second monkeypox (Mpox) case with a 38-year-old man from Malappuram testing positive after returning from the United Arab Emirates, state health minister confirmed.
Mpox: WHO prequalifies first vaccine
Sep 13, 2024, at 11:07 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list.
Sep 10, 2024, at 12:38 am
The Indian government on Monday registered its first 'travel-related' mpox case in a patient who tested positive for the strain currently circulating in Western Africa.
India detects first suspected mpox case
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:11 pm
A young male, who recently travelled from a country currently experiencing Mpox (monkeypox) transmission, has been identified as a suspect case of Mpox, India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.
Pakistan detects fourth mpox case, Peshawar emerging as focal point
Sep 02, 2024, at 01:30 am
Pakistan has confirmed its fourth case of mpox with the latest incident reported from Peshawar city.
WHO says Nigeria is now the first African nation to receive mpox vaccine
Aug 29, 2024, at 10:59 pm
Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Tuesday, becoming the first African country to obtain vaccines aimed at combating the spread of the new strain of mpox virus.
UNHCR warns refugees and displaced face heightened threat from mpox outbreak in African countries
Aug 28, 2024, at 02:54 pm
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects on refugees and displaced families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other affected African countries if urgent support is not forthcoming.
Gurugram health department issues alert in area over possible Mpox outbreak
Aug 25, 2024, at 07:06 pm
Gurugram/IBNS: The Gurugram health department has issued an alert about a potential outbreak of Mpox in the district.
Mpox: WHO seeks $135 million to defeat current outbreak
Aug 24, 2024, at 02:31 pm
The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized on Friday, announcing an action plan that calls for $135 million over the next six months.
Thailand detects the first deadlier case of mpox infection in Asia
Aug 23, 2024, at 03:26 pm
Thailand, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, has found the deadlier strain of the mpox infection in a recently detected patient.
Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines, assures WHO
Aug 21, 2024, at 11:00 pm
Mpox is “not the ‘new COVID’” and European governments need to show strong political commitment to eliminate it, while standing in solidarity with Africa, a top official of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Mpox: Three Delhi govt hospitals directed to setup isolation rooms for suspected patients
Aug 21, 2024, at 06:55 pm
The health department has directed three Delhi government hospitals to set up specific isolation rooms for suspected and confirmed mpox patients.
Mpox: All you need to know about latest public health emergency which is leaving nations alert
Aug 20, 2024, at 09:29 pm
The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it once again a public health emergency of international concern last week.
Pakistan: Mpox cases touch four after another suspect spotted in Islamabad airport
Aug 20, 2024, at 04:27 pm
Pakistan's Border Health Services (BHS) spotted another suspected mpox-infected person at Islamabad Airport on Monday
Narendra Modi continues to monitor Mpox situation amid WHO declaring it as global health emergency
Aug 19, 2024, at 01:50 am
Indian PM Narendra Modi has been continuously monitoring the MPox situation amid recent detection in cases in several countries including neighbouring Pakistan.
European body advises travellers to consider mpox vaccine
Aug 17, 2024, at 12:13 am
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has directed travellers who are planning to visit Africa should consider getting vaccinated amid mpox outbreak in the region.
Pakistan registers three mpox cases
Aug 16, 2024, at 11:31 pm
Pakistan has registered three mpox cases, a disease which has now been described by the World Health Organisation as an international global health emergency.
After Sweden, Pakistan reports three cases of deadly Mpox virus, patients came from UAE
Aug 16, 2024, at 07:06 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Officials of the health department in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province reported on Friday (Aug 16) that it had detected three cases of the monkeypox (Mpox) virus.
Sweden reords first mpox case,WHO backs African efforts to combat disease
Aug 16, 2024, at 02:26 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb mpox, which is now an international global health emergency.
Mpox cases spikes to unprecedented levels in Africa, WHO issues alert
Aug 09, 2024, at 02:53 pm
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest level, mobilizing efforts across the agency.
Mpox public health emergency declared over
May 12, 2023, at 09:14 pm
New York: The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus which began around a year ago was no longer a public health emergency of international concern.
Mpox: Argentine Healthcare Ministry reports second death
Jan 10, 2023, at 10:49 pm
Buenos Aires: The Argentine Healthcare Ministry reported on Tuesday the second lethal case of mpox (previously known as monkeypox) in the country.
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
Dec 28, 2022, at 03:08 pm
New York: The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses.
Mpox:WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease
Nov 28, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out.