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Nearly 68 million suffering from drought in Southern Africa, regional bloc says
A brigade of nutrition peer educators dish into plates cupfulls of the prepared porridge formulation dubbed maworesa, which translates to the very best porridge, which is cooked with readily available ingredients that are locally sourced to prevent children from falling into malnutrition as the El-Nino induced drought, in Mudzi on July 2, 2024. Zimbabwe is one of the countries in southern Africa whose food intake is being affected by a severe drought which experts say was worsened by the El Nino phenomenon. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) (Photo by JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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WHO and partners meet on mpox, hoping to avoid COVID failures on fair medical access
FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside of Africa as outbreak spreads
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 16, 2022 shows a patient showing his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the monkeypox virus, in the isolation area for monkeypox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima, Peru. Shares of the pharmaceutical laboratories of Bavarian Nordic in Denmark, which manufactures a specific vaccine against the mpox, jumped up on August 15, 2024 following the decision of the World Organization of Health WHO to consider the resurgence of monkeypox cases together with an urgent need for health care in the world. A surging mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent's health agency on August 13, is being driven by a new, more transmissible strain of the virus. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) for the deadly disease. (Photo by Ernesto BENAVIDES / AFP) (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)
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In a world where pathogens are just a flight away, the world – and Canada especially – must step up
Joanne Liu, Rosemary McCarney and Christine McNab
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Why is mpox in Africa fuelling a global health emergency again?
Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, verifies samples taken from a child declared a suspected case of monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; and recovered, collects water at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
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WHO declares mpox outbreak in Africa a global public health emergency as new variant of virus spreads
Dr. Olivier Ngajole, medical advisor to the MEDAIR, talks with the emergency Dr. Pascaline Kahindo about the evolution of Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
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WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads
Dr. Olivier Ngajole, medical advisor to the MEDAIR, talks with the emergency Dr. Pascaline Kahindo about the evolution of Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
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Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency
FILE - Family nurse practitioner Carol Ramsubhag-Carela prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine before inoculating a patient at a vaccinations site on, Aug. 30, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)
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Morning Update: Africa’s deepening mpox crisis
FILE PHOTO: Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that spark-off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
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Africa CDC declares health emergency over mpox, warns of ‘global threat’ as virus explodes
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Tresor Wakilongo, verifies the evolution of skin lesions on the ear of Innocent, suffering from Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
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Bavarian Nordic to donate mpox vaccine doses following African emergency declaration
(FILES) This file photo taken on July 13, 2020 shows the company's logo on the headquarters of Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen. - Danish company Bavarian Nordic, the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, said on July 19, 2022 an "undisclosed European country" had ordered 1.5 million doses. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for "intense" efforts to fight the disease as cases rise, especially in western Europe. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by LISELOTTE SABROE/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
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In the Sahara, the sky enveloped me and the stars felt within reach
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Africa CDC declares mpox a public health emergency
FILE PHOTO: Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that spark-off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
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At least 68 killed in Sudan as heavier than normal rains hit war-torn country
A woman sorts through floodwaters near her damaged home near the city of Abu Hamdan in Northern Sudan on Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/ Samira Hassan)
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Canada not planning to share mpox vaccines, as Africa warns of ‘another pandemic’
FILE - Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox are seen from a cooler at a vaccinations site on Aug. 29, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. African health officials said mpox cases have spiked by 160% in the last year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of effective treatments or vaccines on the continent. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)
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Paris Olympics: Egypt’s Ahmed Elgendy becomes the first athlete from Africa to win Olympic modern pentathlon gold
VERSAILLES, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Ahmed Elgendy of Team Egypt reacts after he crosses the finish line during the Men's Individual Final, Laser Run on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Chateau de Versailles on August 10, 2024 in Versailles, France. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
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Twenty-four Sierra Leonean soldiers are sentenced to long prison terms for failed coup. One gets 120 years
View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 28, 2024. The hospital was once known among locals as the "Crase Yard," or yard for crazy people. Now it's known as the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital. It has helped give the facility, the oldest of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, a new reputation. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
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People in Botswana get afternoon off work to celebrate country’s first gold at the Olympics
Letsile Tebogo, of Botswana, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 200 meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Paris Olympics: Letsile Tebogo wins 200 metres for Botswana’s first gold
Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 200m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 08, 2024. Letsile Tebogo of Botswana reacts after winning gold. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Africa CDC likely to declare mpox public health emergency next week
FILE PHOTO: Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that spark-off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
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