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Aline (not her real name), a one-month-old baby, with her mother in the mpox isolation unit at Kamanyola hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 24.
HEALTH

Mpox, an emergency for children

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, approximately 80% of those who have died from the virus are minors under 15 years old. Often, they are also facing other challenges, including conflicts, displacement, droughts, floods and malnutrition

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