Congo to Receive $9.5 Million to Help Fight Mpox Outbreak

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive $9.5 million from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to aid its emergency response to the latest deadly outbreak of mpox—also known as monkeypox—in the country, according to the financing organization. The funding will support the DRC in its response efforts in six of the highest transmission provinces: Equateur, Sud-Ubangui, Sankuru, Tshopo, Sud-Kivu, Nord-Kivu, as well as in Kinshasa, the latter of which is home to 17 million people, the Global Fund said in a Sept. 18 press release. According to the financier, the money will be spent on boosting disease surveillance systems, with special emphasis placed on strengthening early warning capabilities; enhancing laboratory systems and diagnostics to increase case detection and prevent the disease from spreading; and conducting risk communication, community mobilization, and engagement activities....