The WHO changed the name of the disease to mpox in 2022 to curb what it called racist and stigmatizing language surrounding the infection. In a multinational outbreak in 2022, mpox tended to ...

Previously known as monkeypox, the disease was renamed mpox by the WHO in late 2022, with the organization claiming that the original name was “racist and stigmatizing.” ...

Mpox surged in parts of East, West and Central Africa in 2024, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a public health emergency of international concern in August. This was ...

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So what is mpox, what are its symptoms and how is it treated? Here is everything you need to know. The WHO changed the name of the disease from "monkeypox" to "mpox" in November 2022. This change ...

Mpox Health Emergency In Sierra Leone: This declaration of public health emergency in Africa serves as a stark reminder of the ever-evolving challenges in infectious disease management. The World ...

These changes, and the global lack of immunity to mpox, makes the world's population vulnerable to the virus. In 2022, an epidemic of mpox swept through non-endemic countries, including beyond Africa.

WHO Regional Director for Europe stressed that it was known how to control mpox and, in the European Region, the steps were needed to eliminate its transmission altogether GENEVA, August 20.

The World Health Organization's chief announced Wednesday he was urgently convening an expert committee to advise on whether the growing mpox outbreak in Africa should be declared an international ...

KINSHASA, Oct 12 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- A total of 15 countries in the African region have been affected by the mpox outbreak since 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday, warning of ...

Children are particularly vulnerable to the new strain of the deadly mpox virus that is spreading globally after being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health ...

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency due to a new variant of viral disease in Africa. The WHO officials have said that a new fast-spreading variant has been ...