Children at risk as new mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps
Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 19, 2024. REUTERS
Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on seven-year-old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
