Congo's humanitarian crisis makes mpox spiral again into health emergency

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Sarah Bagheni had a headache, fever, and itchy and unusual skin lesions for days, but she had no inkling that her symptoms might have been caused by mpox and that she might be another case in a growing global health emergency.

This year's alarming rise in cases, including a new form of the virus identified by scientists in eastern Congo, led the World Health Organization to declare it a global health emergency on Wednesday.

She and her husband live in the Bulengo displacement camp in eastern Congo, a region that is effectively ground zero for a series of mpox outbreaks in Africa.

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Topics: Mahoro Faustin Africa CDC Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mining Mpox outbreak in South Africa Poxviruses Headache Africa Director Habumuremyiza Hire Rachel Maguru Mpox outbreak in Europe State-run news agency Doctors Without Borders Chris Beyrer Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba World Health Organization Pierre Olivier Ngadjole Eastern Congo Medair Mpox Goma Congolese army Bulengo camp Duke University's Global Health Institute Health advisor Illicit mining industries Mpox Food Sarah Bagheni Salim Abdool Karim United Nations

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