Mpox is infecting children in the Democratic Republic of Congo – and spreading to Uganda and beyond Uptrends
MUNIGI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Esther Mwema thought her four-year-old son had chickenpox. He was lucky enough to undergo a medical examination in this displaced persons camp, where many families live in tents and even clean water is scarce. But the diagnosis was something else: Mpox, a virus spreading in eastern Democratic Republic of … Read more