A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: A health worker takes a saliva sample from a patient in Congo](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/sm1rdvgw/Congo%20Mpox_2.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A health worker takes a saliva sample from Lucie Habimana, 13, a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: A treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/u6ogrvns/Congo%20Mpox_3.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: Health worker speaks to women about mpox prevention](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/us4n30oj/Congo%20Mpox_4.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A health worker speaks to women about mpox prevention at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: A clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/v10v4ah6/Congo%20Mpox_5.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A woman walks past a sign that reads stop monkeypox at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: A health worker attends to a girl suffering from mpox in Congo](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/uexhqame/Congo%20Mpox_6.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A health worker attends to a girl suffering from mpox, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: A health worker attends to a patient in eastern Congo](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/do5e4ys7/Congo%20Mpox_7.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A health worker attends to a mpox patient, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo,
![Mpox outbreak: A girl suffering from mpox walks past a treatment centre in Munigi](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/x7vpx3sv/Congo%20Mpox_8.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A girl suffering from mpox walks past a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: A woman with her children after a treatment at a clinic in Munigi](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/0mlbq0zn/Congo%20Mpox_9.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
A woman walks with her children suffering from mpox after a treatment at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo.
![Mpox outbreak: Children wait for a treatment at a clinic in eastern Congo](https://media.assettype.com/outlookindia/2024-08-21/l35uoofa/Congo%20Mpox_10.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0)
Children suffering from mpox wait for a treatment at a clinic in Munigi, eastern Congo.