Mpox global emergency
![Health officials visit the Muja displaced persons camp in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo amid mpox outbreak [Arlette Bashizi/Reuters]](https://liberties.aljazeera.com/media/2024/08/1724153229.webp)
Health officials visit the Muja displaced persons camp in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo amid mpox outbreak [Arlette Bashizi/Reuters]
Health authorities worldwide are on alert for more cases of the mpox virus, following the AUG 14 declaration of a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.
Sweden, Pakistan and the Philippines have confirmed cases in recent days.
Medics are struggling to contain the latest outbreak at its epicentre – overcrowded IDP camps in the war-torn eastern DR Congo.
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