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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
- 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
- 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
- A resident of Mbandaka proudly presents her hygiene kit, her eyes full of hope for a future without the mpox virus in her community
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From fear to hope: How Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Equateur province turned the tide on mpox
The province is not only celebrating the decline of the mpox virus, but also paying tribute to the community’s solidarity and determination that made it possible
In Mbandaka, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Equateur province, the past few months have tested the resolve of health workers at the Mama wa Elikya centre. As cases of mpox -- formerly known as monkeypox-- rose steadily, carers worked under the constant shadow of fear and uncertainty,…
