17/08/2024
AFRICA MPOX OUTBREAK:
Help us contain the spread of this deadly disease
On 14 August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the surge of mpox (monkeypox) cases a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, with children under 5 years of age facing the highest risk of death, and pregnant woman especially vulnerable.
Children are the most vulnerable and the most affected by the deadly mpox outbreak.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the epicentre of the crisis, but there are cases reported in neighbouring countries and others elsewhere on the continent: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia.
UNICEF is on the ground saving the lives of children, expanding health facilities, training health-workers, supplying medicine, working with the community to build awareness and preventing the spread to other countries.
In line with this, CAHS-Initiative is on the move to mitigate against the said menace.