The Ministry of Public Health and Prevention, supported by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa CDC and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today started vaccinating vulnerable groups against mpox in high-priority provinces... Read more »
Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe The Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe participated in a high-level event on the fight against antisemitism and hate speech through education Titled “Combatting... Read more »
As the number of mpox cases continues to rise across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF is stepping up its support to the government to protect and save the lives... Read more »
L’Est de la RDC est occupé par beaucoup de groupes armés. Une nouvelle réunion ministérielle entre les parties congolaise et rwandaise est annoncée pour ce vendredi 14 septembre à Luanda avec pour... Read more »
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are pleased to announce the arrival of the first shipment of 99,100 doses of JYNNEOS mpox... Read more »
A mother holds her child suffering from Mpox at the Mpox isolation unit of the UNICEF-supported Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu province, DR Congo, on 23 July 2024. Thousands of children in... Read more »
The Karamira family sharing lunch in their house located in the middle of the Nkamira transit center. Photo: WFP/Raissa Iradukunda By John Paul SESONGA The Karamira family has known more upheaval in... Read more »
Urgent action is needed to stem the worsening humanitarian situation in eastern DRC. Photo: IOM/Daco Tambilika With record levels of internal displacement, acute food insecurity, and gender-based violence, urgent and concerted action... Read more »
The United States welcomes the open-ended ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced by Angola on July 30. “We applaud the Government of Angola, and in particular Angolan President... Read more »
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has called on EAC Partner States to educate their citizens on how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of Monkeypox (Mpox). This follows reports from... Read more »