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Though South Sudan, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been the highest-burden countries, outbreaks continue to strike other countries, including Chad, where cases have risen about 872% over the past 6 weeks. Vaccine campaign launches in Sudan The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday announced the launch of a cholera immunization campaign in hot spots in Darfur region, which will target 1.86 million people ages 1 year and older with the oral vaccine. The group said the intervention comes at a critical time, as cases in Darfur continue to mount at an alarming rate, against the backdrop of ongoing conflicts and a lack of basic services that makes it difficult to provide essential healthcare. Shible Sahbani, MD, who heads the WHO mission in Sudan, said in a statement, The people in Darfur, and the rest of Sudan, must be protected from disease and suffering, and we are here to do exactly that as we have been doing so for decades." Mpox on the rise in Liberia In mpox updates today, Boum said mpox cases continue to trend downward in earlier high-burden countries such as the DRC, but increases over the past few weeks are occurring in Guinea, Liberia, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, and Nigeria."