The Director General of NACA, Temitope Ilori, said this in a statement, signed by the agency’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Toyin Aderibigbe. Ilori emphasised the heightened risk faced by people living with HIV, stating, while anyone can contract Mpox, individuals with compromised immune systems, such as those living with HIV, may experience more […]
In response to a 160% increase in Mpox cases this year, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC has declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security, PHECS. The World Health Organisation, WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Walter Mulombo, announced that Nigeria will receive doses of the Mpox vaccine as a […]
The Cross River chapter of the association also warned that the state was more vulnerable than others. The Public Relations Officer of the NMA, Ukam Edadi, made the call in an interview with mewsmen in Calabar. Reports say that the mpox virus, which initially broke out in Central Africa, has since spread to several West […]
The Director General of the World Health Organsation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said an Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations will be convened to discuss whether the current Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo represents a public health emergency of international concern. Ghebreyesus said this at a media briefing , which was monitored […]