Mpox: Focus on one of the worst-affected cities in eastern DRC

Fear and contagion are spreading in Kamituga, eastern DRC, the epicenter of the current mpox outbreak. It is where the newest variant of the virus was discovered last year.

Inside the Kamituga general hospital, Diego looked on as health workers tended to his young son, Emile.

“I had a lot of ignorance because I didn’t believe that children could get this disease. I thought it was only for adults, and I didn’t know that there were…