Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health ... - UN News
Aug 20, 2024 · The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it once again a public health emergency of international...
WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health …
Aug 14, 2024 · In July 2022, the multi-country outbreak of mpox was declared a PHEIC as it spread rapidly via sexual contact across a range of countries where the virus had not been seen before. That PHEIC was declared over in May 2023 after there had been a …
WHO declares mpox virus a public health emergency of ... - UN News
Aug 14, 2024 · Mpox has been confirmed in Burundi, one of four countries in Eastern Africa where the disease has surfaced for the first time, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, as the...
Mpox outbreak - World Health Organization (WHO)
An upsurge of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its spread to neighbouring countries was declared a public health emergency of international concern on 14 August 2024. Mpox is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus.
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for ... - NBC News
Aug 14, 2024 · The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic...
WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency | CNN
Aug 14, 2024 · The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency. WHO convened its emergency committee amid concerns that a deadlier strain of...
Global strategic preparedness and response plan launched by …
Aug 26, 2024 · The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to stop outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through coordinated global, regional, and national efforts. This follows the declaration of a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO Director-General on 14 August.
Mpox public health emergency declared over | UN News
May 11, 2023 · The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus which began around a year ago was no longer a public health emergency of...
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for …
Aug 15, 2024 · Aug 14 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in...
WHO declares Mpox global health emergency - BBC News
Aug 14, 2024 · The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. The highly contagious disease - formerly known as...
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