Former First Lady Monica Geingos has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS, and Pandemics meeting, held alongside the G20 Health Ministerial and other high-level discussions.
Zambia has recorded the first case of MPOX from a Tanzanian national in Chitambo district, Central Province.
Health Minister Elijah Muchima said a 32-year-old man was diagnosed with the viral disease after presenting symptoms at Mukando Health Post.
The Walvis Bay Corridor Group is urging truck drivers, transporters, freight forwarders, and all other stakeholders to be on high alert and extremely cautious of Mpox while also adhering to the prescribed safety protocol.
SADC leaders have called for a coordinated regional response to contain the spread of Mpox.
The 44th Ordinary Summit of the bloc has since directed the Secretariat to convene an urgent meeting with the Ministers of Health in the region.
SADC leaders have called for a coordinated regional response to contain the spread of Mpox.
As such, the 44th Ordinary Summit of the bloc directed the Secretariat to convene an urgent meeting with the Ministers of Health in the region.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.
