Interim guidance on social and behavioural research for the mpox public health response, March 2025

Overview

This interim guidance aims to clarify standards for high-quality, ethical, social and behavioural research to strengthen the public health response to the ongoing mpox PHEIC for community protection. The guidance is particularly relevant to rapid research that aims to inform near- to real-time decision-making and action but is equally applicable to longer-term research that may be critical for informing future outbreak preparedness and response.