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IncidentWest AfricaGuinea-Bissau · Guinea-BissauRelevance: CountryAutomated ingestion — not analyst reviewed

Children account for half of suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea-BissauEvent: 20 Aug 2026, 10:33 UTCLast updated: 20 Aug 2026, 11:57 UTC
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Reported detail
Guinea-Bissau UN Children's Fund BISSAU/DAKAR, 20 August 2026 – Children under 15 account for half of all 46 suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau. UNICEF is scaling up its support to the Ministry of Public Health in direct response to the country’s first-ever mpox outbreak. “This is the first time mpox cases have been reported in Guinea-Bissau, making even a small outbreak a major public health event,” sa
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Verification confidence
Unconfirmed
23/100
Multi-source verification score
2 sources · 1 layer

Single-thread or unattributed reporting. Treat as an early warning only, pending corroboration.

Six-layer coverage
  • L1 Conflict & armed groups
    No matched signal (ACLED, UCDP, GDELT)
  • L2 Early warning & emergencies
    ReliefWeb
  • L3 GEOINT & situational awareness
    No matched signal (Copernicus, NASA FIRMS, USGS)
  • L4 Cybersecurity
    No matched signal (AlienVault OTX, AbuseIPDB, URLhaus)
  • L5 Strategic & political risk
    No matched signal (GDELT, OpenSanctions, ISS)
  • L6 Verification
    No matched signal (Analyst desk checks, OSINT verification)
How this score was reached
  • Independent reporting sources+17 / 30

    2 independent publishers report this event: ReliefWeb, UN News Africa.

  • Cross-layer corroboration+6 / 25

    Only one collection layer covers this event (L2 Early warning & emergencies). Corroboration from a second layer would raise confidence.

  • Structured / instrument evidence0 / 15

    No conflict-event dataset (L1) or geospatial/GEOINT record (L3) has been matched — reporting is narrative only.

  • Traceable citation+10 / 10

    A direct link to the primary reporting is published with the record.

  • Location resolved0 / 8

    The event is not resolved to coordinates; only a place name is held.

  • Analyst verification (L6)0 / 12

    Awaiting analyst desk verification; the record stands as collected.

  • Integrity deductions-10

    Confidence reduced because the originating feed declares the report unconfirmed.

Score is computed from collection metadata (independent publishers, collection layers, citation, geolocation, analyst review). It measures how well the event is corroborated, not how severe it is.

Credibility
Confidence
Unconfirmed
Source reliability
Not graded

Inclusion in this library is not an endorsement of a source. Ungraded items have not yet been assessed by an analyst.

Source provenance
Source
ReliefWeb
Source type
Open source
Published
Not provided by source
Event date
20 Aug 2026 10:33 UTC
Data as of
20 Aug 2026 10:33 UTC
Last verified
20 Aug 2026 11:57 UTC
Drafting
Analyst desk
Open original source
Primary reporting
CitationReliefWeb· Published Aug 20, 2026, 10:33 AM· Fetched Aug 20, 2026, 11:57 AM
reliefweb.int/report/guinea-bissau/children-account-half-suspected-mpox-cases-…(opens the original report in a new tab)
Guinea-Bissau UN Children's Fund BISSAU/DAKAR, 20 August 2026 – Children under 15 account for half of all 46 suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau. UNICEF is scaling up its support to the Ministry of Public Health in direct response to the country’s first-ever…
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