August 11, 2025, Mombasa– Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is supporting the Mombasa County Department of Health in thetreatment of patients of the Mpox disease at the Utange Field Hospital Isolation Centre in Mombasa. Since July 2024, Kenya has reported 336 Mpox cases in 24 counties, and Mombasa leads with 152 cases. MSF team … Read more
DRC/Geneva, 16 August 2024 – On 13 August 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) recognised the Africa CDC’s declaration and were relieved that the World Health Organization (WHO) on 14 August declared the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic … Read more
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mpox cases have been on the rise for more than two years. However, the situation has worsened in recent months, with a surge in the number of people affected, a mutation leading to human-to-human transmission of the virus, and the notification of suspected cases in sites for displaced … Read more