Médecins Sans Frontières - WEBCLIP

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB248822

Date taken / Date Recorded 30/09/2025 8:44 AM

Country Kenya

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Zainab Mohammed

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, Internal Use Only, MSF Fundraising, Social Media, MSF Publications

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m34s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 167.55 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist I was surprised why was I being
admitted into the ward
Mombasa, KENYA
Mombasa, Kenya
Date
so it was a serious thing!

Kenya declared an Mpox outbreak on 31 July
2024. As of September 2025, 474 confirmed
cases and 7 deaths have been reported
nationwide with Mombasa County leading
nationally with 200 cases and 3 deaths
In Mombasa last year only 2 sub-counties
were reporting MPOX cases
Fatma
Ali
Manager, Emergency Operations Center
Mombasa County
but now the dynamics have changed

the infection is within the community
and everyone is at risk
Stigma and fear from limited awareness
has led many with symptoms to avoid care
delaying treatment for high-risk individuals

I am grateful that I rushed
to get treatment
If it is getting MPOX leisons on my
body they didn't spread as much
Rose
Muthami
Healed
MPOX patient
and I got better while still in hospital

Besides setting up the Utange isolation ward
in patnership with Department of health, MSF
is providing clinical and human resources
support to the facility and nutritional and
mental health support for the patients
We have really focused on training,
training the healthcare workers
Caroline
Mugun
Project Medical Refferent
MSF
training the hygeniests

to be able to properly know how to
don (wear PPE), to doff (remove PPE)
so that when they are getting into the
isolation unit we do not have a chance of
any spreads among the
healthcare workers
We have positioned hygeinists to be able
to even disinfect ambulances or cars
when they are ferrying patients in

Inside the wards we have enough hand
washing points, we have enough sanitizers
Caroline
Mugun
Project Medical Refferent
MSF
just to be able to break
the chain of infections
MSF also supported in the vaccination of 4,998
health care workers and high risk community
members and works closely with 6 community
health workers at the facility to screen and
sensitize Mpox patients
We are at the hospital

and we are also communicating with
our counterparts in the community
If they get anyone with MPOX
symptoms they send them to us
Delvine
Owocha
Community Health Worker
Mombasa
If they come here we receive them
and they get medical treatment
Effective Mpox control requires strong
community detection, timely referrals
and stigma reduction to encourage
early care-seeking.

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