EPI-WIN digest 15 - Responding to mpox: Community Protection

Overview

The WHO Director General declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), as new clade of the virus, clade 1b, spread rapidly while clade 1a and Clade 2 are also spreading rapidly in many African countries. Outside of Africa, mpox has recently been reported in Sweden, Thailand and Pakistan. As the virus spreads, affected groups are also shifting. Different regions are facing different challenges. Engaging and protecting the affected communities as our understanding of the disease and its spread evolves, is critical.

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