Senegal - Mpox 2025

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Mpox: Monkeypox enters Dakar, several contact cases identified

Published on 08/24/2025 at 4:29 p.m. - Updated on 08/24/2025 at 4:29 p.m.
By Modou Mamoune Tine

Senegal has recorded its first confirmed case of Mpox, better known as monkeypox. Health authorities immediately launched an investigation to identify those who had contact with the infected patient.

According to Mamadou Ndiaye, Director of Prevention at the Ministry of Health, 25 individuals have been identified as direct contacts. "These people are not sick, but they have been in contact with the confirmed case. They will be medically monitored for 21 days," he said.

During this period, health teams will check for fever or rashes in order to intervene quickly if symptoms appear. This measure aims to prevent any spread of the virus in the country, as several African and Western countries have already faced MPOX outbreaks in recent years.

https://www.senenews.com/actualites...r-plusieurs-cas-contacts-recenses_556658.html

 

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Mpox: in Kolda, the regional health department reactivates its border surveillance system

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 12:41 a.m.

Kolda, August 26 (APS) – The Kolda Regional Health Directorate (south) has implemented a surveillance and prevention system since the appearance of the first case of mpox reported in Senegal, assured its head Dr. Yaya Baldé, emphasizing that its services were already in a position of monitoring and alert since the appearance of the Ebola and Coronavirus diseases.

"Since the MPOX case was reported in the sub-region, we have been activating the surveillance and prevention system that already existed with the Ebola and Coronavirus cases," said Kolda Regional Health Director, Dr. Yaya Baldé, in an interview with APS on Monday.

He indicated that it is a question of strengthening the prevention system with the appearance of the first case of the mpox or monkey pox epidemic in the sub-region.

Dr. Baldé emphasized that his services have worked to build the capacity of stakeholders, particularly health workers, to detect cases. He announced the "establishment of sampling equipment at the region's entry points and a community system with the involvement of village chiefs to report suspected cases."

The regional health director also indicated that medical staff, including other stakeholders such as livestock service agents, benefited from capacity building sessions on the prevention of possible cases of mpox.

“Our staff are well trained in the management and detection of cases of MPOX disease, and we have extended this training to other stakeholders, including the livestock department.”

Dr. Yaya Baldé added that samples were taken from suspected cases, but they turned out to be negative, assuring that information is shared throughout the health pyramid when cases are reported, “as is the case after the detection of the disease in Senegal.”

The Regional Director of Health took the opportunity to call on the population to be vigilant, particularly in border villages.

"I urge the population, especially village chiefs, to be vigilant because there is always the possibility that passengers will arrive here without going through official entry points," said Dr. Baldé, assuring that when suspected cases are detected, medical teams are "quickly alerted."

On the side of the Regional Health Directorate, a surveillance and prevention system has been strengthened in the region, in synergy with stakeholders, particularly community stakeholders, to deal with cases of passengers who cross the border without going through the various official entry points, due to the porosity of the borders.

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​https://aps.sn/mpox-a-kolda-la-dire...on-dispositif-de-surveillance-des-frontieres/

 

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Press Release from the Ministry of Health and Social Action @santegouv_sn: Recovery of the
Imported Case of Mpox in Senegal

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Warning: “The Mpox virus is circulating in Dakar…” (Director of Prevention)

Published on 09/24/2025 at 2:35 p.m. - Updated on 09/24/2025 at 2:35 p.m.
By Khadija Sene

Senegal has recorded a new case of Mpox (monkey pox). Unlike the first patient, this time it is a Senegalese man. Twenty contact cases have already been identified around him.

The Director of Prevention, Mamadou Ndiaye, confirmed the information on RFM: "From this second case and according to the available information, we can say that the virus is circulating, at least in certain areas of the country and particularly in Dakar where the patient was located."

He said the patient had not reported any recent travel outside Dakar, reinforcing the hypothesis of local transmission.

Mamadou Ndiaye urges people to be extra vigilant and to consult a health facility without delay if they experience any symptoms , such as rashes, particularly on the face and extremities.

It also recommends avoiding direct contact with relatives showing suspicious signs, in order to slow human-to-human transmission of the virus.

https://www.senenews.com/actualites...-dakar-directeur-de-la-prevention_560370.html

 

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