Tag: Mpox Outbreak

Singapore Supports Africa CDC in Mpox Outbreak Response with Diagnostic Aid

November 25, 2024
Singapore Supports Africa CDC in Mpox Outbreak Response with Diagnostic Aid

Singapore’s Ministry of Health has pledged a support package that includes diagnostic kits and testing supplies capable of conducting up to 50,000 tests to bolster the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Africa CDC) response to the ongoing mpox […]

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WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak in Africa a Public Health Emergency of International concern

August 16, 2024
WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak in Africa a Public Health Emergency of International concern

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other African countries a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005). […]

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