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A Mysterious Surge of Malaria in Northwest Congo: Hundreds Affected, Scores Perished What happens when time-tested certainties suddenly seem uncertain? In northwest Congo, hundreds are pondering this very question with fear in their hearts and suspicion in their minds. Their existence has been upended by a sudden, harrowing increase in malaria cases, with the illness cresting over 1,000 instances and resulting in at least 60 heart-wrenching fatalities. While malaria remains a grimly familiar foe within Congo's Equateur…

The first shipment of mpox vaccine arrived in the Congolese capital on Thursday, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The European Union, through its emergency center HERA, donated 100,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, produced by Danish Bavarian Nordic. Another 100,000 doses are expected to arrive on Saturday, according to Congolese authorities. UNICEF will monitor the vaccination campaign in the hardest-hit provinces,…