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On November 27–28, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Global Health EDCTP3 jointly convened over 70 stakeholders in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The purpose of the meeting was to advance community-centred, evidence informed public health responses to the ongoing mpox public health emergency…
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Dr. Chastel Mapanguy from FCRM (Republic of Congo) attended the 15th conference of the African Society of Human Genetics in Uganda in February. This was one of the initiatives to allow SSA’s young researchers to have training and to attend conferences both in SSA and Europe to improve their knowledge and to disseminate MPOX-PROBE project’s…
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Within the MPOX-PROBE project, a training was conducted in DRC, from 10.11.2024 to 07.12.2024. The objective of the training was to strengthen capacities, knowledge and attitudes in the context of preparedness and adequate response to epidemics/pandemics of emerging and re-emerging diseases. The expected results, all achieved, were: 1.Strengthen the foundations of collaborations between the INRB…
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MPOX-PROBE project supported the training on Luminex® technology, that took place at the Christophe Mérieux Infectious Diseases Research Center (CeRMI-CM) of the Congolese Foundation for Medical Research (FCRM Brazzaville – Congo). The event lasted 5 days and brought together a total of 8 students from Republic of Congo (RoC) and DRC. The participants followed an…
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MPOX-PROBE KAP study obtained the ethical approval by the Indipendent Ethical Committee. This approval will allow us to start conducting the KAP study, to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices in the population of the Republic of Congo. It will allow to understand the socio-economical factors that facilitate the spread of Mpox, taking into account…
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The meeting was held in Kinshasa, DRC, on 27th and 28th November 2024. It aimed to put communities at the center of the collective efforts to stop mpox outbreaks. It had a specific focus on driving local level impact by advancing ways that social and behavioural evidence can be used rapidly and systematically to inform…