Diseases News

Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, who leads the Incident Management Support Team at Africa CDC, revealed that approximately 141,000 suspected Mpox cases have been recorded, with over 35,000 confirmed through testing.

The AFFLU platform is designed to handle both aggregate and case-based data, making it easier for health officials to track disease trends and respond quickly.

This decision, made by the WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on June 5, 2025, comes as over 37,000 confirmed cases have been reported since early 2024.

The meeting brought together ten Heads of State and Vice Presidents from Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Namibia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Egypt’s success is largely due to its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), which provides free hepatitis B vaccines to all newborns, regardless of nationality, with coverage rates exceeding 95%.

Among the planned actions are synchronized polio vaccination campaigns, improved poliovirus surveillance and better information sharing through efficient coordination mechanisms.

This partnership aims to improve how countries share data and manage the movement of people affected by outbreaks, helping to reduce the spread of diseases across borders.

In April alone, the country reported over 200 new confirmed cases, pointing to increased transmission.

This milestone follows a thorough independent assessment that recommended the official closure of the polio outbreak, which began in 2020.