EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A patient with a severe form of the mpox epidemic is treated at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. - South Kivu province has recorded more than 5,000 cases of monkey pox since the beginning of the year. The Miti-Murhesa health zone, where the Kavumu hospital is located, has seen over 800 cases, including 8 deaths, all of them children under the age of 5. The Democratic Republic of Congo is the global epicenter of the epidemic, with over 16,000 cases reported, including more than 500 deaths. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP)
Health workers walk inside the Kamenge University Hospital’s Mpox treatment center in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. – Burundi has confirmed 171 cases of mpox, Health Minister Polycarpe Ndayikeza said on August 22, 2024, following confirmation of the first cases in the country last month. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) serves as the focal point and epicenter of the epidemic, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to activate its highest international alert level. Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals that can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact. (Photo by Tchandrou NITANGA / AFP)A woman infected with Mpox folds her arms at the Kamenge University Hospital’s Mpox treatment center in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. – Burundi has confirmed 171 cases of mpox, Health Minister Polycarpe Ndayikeza said on August 22, 2024, following confirmation of the first cases in the country last month. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) serves as the focal point and epicenter of the epidemic, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to activate its highest international alert level. Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals that can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact. (Photo by Tchandrou NITANGA / AFP)
