Monrovia — Scores of representatives from African countries grappling with the ongoing mpox crisis in the region have met in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for an “intra-action review” of the response measures of individual states. Speaking during the regular online briefing of the African Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) on Thursday, September 26,…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | — The Emergency Consultative Group (ECG), which advises the Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on mpox, has urged that the Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) remain in place. Meeting on 2 September 2025 to review the outbreak and assess whether the…
A year after mpox was declared a continental health threat, Africa’s response has shown encouraging momentum. An interim analysis of a new study by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reveals strong public engagement, with above-average vaccine acceptance across all surveyed countries and firm trust in health information shared via television,…
Monrovia — The African Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) is accelerating efforts to mobilize resources in its fight against mpox, one year after declaring the outbreak a public health emergency of continental security. Speaking at the continental health agency’s regular press briefing on Friday, August 23, the Incident Manager for the Democratic Republic of…
Addis Ababa/Brussels — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Commission today announced the launch of the Partnership to Accelerate Mpox Testing and Sequencing in Africa (PAMTA), a landmark initiative to boost diagnostics and outbreak response capabilities in Mpox-affected African countries. Co-funded under the EU4Health 2024 Work Programme, PAMTA…
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,…
