Addis Ababa — The Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, is leading a Liberian delegation to a high-level workshop organized by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in Addis Ababa. According to an NPHIL release, the workshop aims to develop a coordinated…
Monrovia — Many countries in the region continue to grapple with mpox cases, which surged in August 2024, and suspected cases are still rising, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC). The continental health agency, however, noted a decline in confirmed cases during the 26th reporting week of 2025. At a briefing…
The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week 25 of 2025, which underscores the disproportionate disease burden on three countries, even as overall cases show a downward trend The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for over 84 per cent…
The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest hotspot. Sierra Leone has faced the previous emergence of mpox cases, but none that escalated into an outbreak of the scale we are witnessing today. The surge…
PREMIUM TIMES review of WHO global mpox trends shows that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains the epicentre, consistently reporting between 200 and 600 new weekly cases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has maintained that Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General,…
