Mpox in detention settings in the WHO European Region

Overview

In November 2022, WHO extended the HIPP surveillance system, designed for voluntary online reportingof coronavirus disease, to include notification of probable and confirmed cases of mpox in prisons andother places of detention. This report presents data obtained over 6 months. The indicators of infectionare prison occupancy, the number of tests performed, the number of detainees screened for signs andsymptoms, the numbers of probable and confirmed cases, the demographics of confirmed cases andvaccination coverage.