From fear to hope: How Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Equateur province turned the tide on mpox

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Monique Mulo Itala, registered nurse at the Mama wa Elikya health centre in Mbandaka (Equateur province), which receives hygiene kits as part of the response against the mpox virus in the DRC (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 month ago)

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The Emergency Assistance Project to combat mpox, funded by the African Development Bank and implemented by the WHO, has made it possible to vaccinate thousands of people in the Congolese province of Equateur (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 month ago)

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Hand-washing demonstration at a school in Mbandaka: children aged 0-15 accounted for 63 percent of suspected cases of mpox and 80 percent of deaths in the country (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 month ago)

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A resident of Mbandaka proudly presents her hygiene kit, her eyes full of hope for a future without the mpox virus in her community (Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 1 month ago)

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