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STORY: WHO / MPOX UPSURGE
TRT: 1:36
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 SEPTEMBER 2024, SOUTH KIVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo
28 SEPTEMBER 2024, LWIRO VILLAGE, MITI-MURHESA HEALTH ZONE, SOUTH KIVU, DRC
1. Various shots, a child with suspected symptoms of mpox, drinking from a bottle, sitting on a lap
2. Various shots, rashes, pimples and blisters on legs and arms of children
3. Wide shot, medical centre
4. Various shots, an inter-agency mission delegation (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, IOM, FAO, AFRICA-CDC, Japan) arriving at the hospital, having their temperatures checked, donning personal protective equipment
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, WHO Representative for Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC):
“This is really the epicentre of the epicentre of the epicentre. If we can get things done here, let them be done in accordance with the rules of what we're asking of ourselves so that the epidemic is controlled. We cannot fail to control this epidemic in South Kivu province and in the DRC.”
6. Various shots, the delegation, entering a tent
7. Various shots, suspected mpox patients, sitting on beds, eating, talking
An upsurge of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its spread to neighbouring countries was declared a public health emergency of international concern on 14 August 2024.
Mpox is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and fever. It can make people very sick and leave scars.
Fifteen countries in Africa have active outbreaks, reporting mpox cases in the last six weeks. In South Kivu, a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a new virus strain called clade Ib was detected last year. This strain has been spreading from human to human, causing a large outbreak.
