Armed conflict disrupts mpox response in DR Congo

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Top officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) today detailed challenges mpox responders are facing in a virus hot spot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) North Kivu province, where intense fighting has flared in and around the capital city of Goma. Elsewhere in Africa, cases are on the rise in Uganda and Zambia, though officials report progress in Burundi, which over the past several

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