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Tens of thousands more people could be driven from homes in Yemen by an upsurge of fighting, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared the mpox upsurge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its spread to neighboring countries a Public Health Emergency of International...

In August 2024, the WHO declared the mpox upsurge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and its spread to neighboring countries, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The emergence of a new strain and its rapid spread across eastern DRC, and later to other African countries and beyond, made reliable diagnosis essential for understanding the scale of the epidemic and guide vaccination and other public health measures. A study led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (Belgium) and the National Institute of Biomedical Research (DRC), analyzed more than 2,700 PCR results for mpox in four Congolese cities — Goma, Kamituga, Kinshasa, and Uvira — between April 2024 and April 2026. The findings show that 35% of samples reported as PCR-positive may not have represented true infections, but rather environmental contamination with mpox viral DNA. Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the study has direct implications for outbreak surveillance and for the individuals falsely diagnosed. Mpox is a viral disease characterised by fever and a distinctive rash that can cause painful and disfiguring skin lesions and, in some cases, serious or fatal complications. Fast, reliable case detection is essential for measuring the...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared the mpox upsurge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its spread to neighboring countries a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

A UNHCR response plan for Yemen was less than 20% funded before the renewed violence caused a surge in needs, a statement said.

GENEVA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands more people could be driven from homes in Yemen by an upsurge of fighting that has already displaced more than 130,000 people this month, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.“Intensifying fighting in Yemen could drive more mass displacement, with growing numbers of people expected to flee, both within Yemen and to Djibouti, Somalia, and other countries," UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch told a Geneva press briefing.

Tens of thousands more people could be driven from homes in Yemen by an ​upsurge of fighting that has already displaced ‌more than 130,000 people this month, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.