They study the planet’s deadliest diseases in remote, conflict-prone areas in countries with the lowest health spending and fewest resources, yet the world relies on them to stop the next pandemic.

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid ...

International: Burundi has reported nearly 600 cases, second only to the Democratic Republic of Congo, but outbreaks are ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, warned Friday that children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox ...

The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid ...

Judith Suminwa Tuluka was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has set herself ambitious goals ...

The first 300 doses were administered on Tuesday near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesperson for ...

UNICEF and partners are scaling up the emergency response in the DRC, Burundi and other countries in Africa, but more donor ...

Children under five account for nearly a third of mpox cases in Burundi, the UN children's agency said Friday.

Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts,” said Dr Paul Ngwakum, UNICEF Regional Health Advisor for Eastern and Southern ...

African health-care workers fighting the rapid spread of a virulent mpox strain will learn how to effectively scratch under ...

Mpox has made a comeback in Africa. This time, it is far more deadly. There are two types of mpox: clade I and clade II.