It is clear that primarily, it is the children that are dying globally, and Mpox is clearly a contributing factor — though perhaps not the primary factor — in the majority of these cases.

Still — the dreaded Mpox outbreak rumbles on — after 14 cases in 2024 and 16, in 2025. Here’s the latest:

…According to Sindh Health Minister, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, a total of 14 mpox cases have been confirmed across the province this year — 12 in Khairpur and two in Karachi

[F]ive of the nine affected children in Khairpur had died, clarifying that mpox was not the direct cause of death but that the children were already weak and malnourished.

Experts warned that one of the confirmed mpox cases this year pointed to local transmission…

As we look at the talks in Pakistan — keep in mind that that nation is suffering various humanitarian calamities of its own. Onward.

नमस्ते