KAMITUGA, Congo -- Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter's grave. The ...
Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to ...
Health officials have zeroed in on Kamituga, a remote yet bustling gold mining town of some 300,000 people that attracts ...
Kasindi Mwenyelwata goes door to door describing how to detect mpox — looking for fevers, aches or lesions. But the 42-year-old community leader said a lack of money means he doesn’t have the right ...
Congo's town Kamituga, which is known for gold mining and attracts a number of minors and traders, has emerged as the hotspot for Mpox as the cases of new strains are constantly on rise.
Anyone living with HIV, especially those with risk of complications of mpox, such as people with a CD4 count <350/mm3, an unsuppressed viral load, or who have had an opportunistic infection Anyone who ...