mpox

AFP/APP Geneva: Children under five are disproportionately affected by the ongoing mpox outbreak in Burundi, accounting for nearly a third of reported cases, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Friday. Burundi is currently the…

AFP/APP Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has for the first time prequalified an mpox vaccine. This development is expected to accelerate access to the vaccine in response to an ongoing epidemic in…

APP Peshawar: Pakistan recorded its fifth case of Mpox virus in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday. Health department informed that a 33 years old person arrived in Pakistan on September 7 from a Gulf country via Islamabad…

APP Islamabad: The Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday that a fourth case of Monkeypox has been reported in Peshawar. The affected individual, a 47-year-old from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, was isolated on August 29 by Border Health…

Peshawar: Provincial Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah has ordered emergency measures after a 47-year-old man from Nowshera tested positive for Monkeypox. Isolation and screening wards will be set up at three hospitals…

APP/IRNA Mashhad: Iran has intensified the syndromic care surveillance for Mpox in the land and air borders of Razavi Khorasan to prevent the entry of suspicious people or those with a history of traveling to infected areas. Mashhad…

APP Rawalpindi: Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has prevented sixteen thousand premature babies from developing irreversible eye damage over the past eleven years through timely intervention. Dr. Wajid Ali Khan, Chief of Medical Services…

APP Peshawar: Provincial Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah has ordered emergency measures after a 47-year-old man from Nowshera tested positive for Monkeypox. Isolation and screening wards will be set up at three hospitals which…

News Desk  Islamabad: Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique announced on Saturday that the provincial government has launched a proactive campaign against monkeypox, which includes airport screenings and heightened hospital…

APP United Nations: The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a united global effort to combat a new mpox outbreak, unveiling a response plan requiring at least $135 million over the next six months. "Let me be…