Monkeypox Outbreak: Global Concerns and Prevention Efforts

2023-12-17 17:48:00 Can cases of monkeypox spread throughout the world? The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about this, after an outbreak of contamination in recent weeks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). What new observations were made? What is the profile of the patients? Le Parisien takes stock. What a situation ? The … Read more

The WHO confirmed more than 1,000 cases of monkeypox and three deaths in the last month

2023-08-16 09:56:11 The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 1,020 new cases of monkeypox (mpox), which represents an increase of 1.2 percent of the total number of positives, and three deaths since its last report, dated March 14. July, and until August 9. In the last two weeks, the WHO report notes that reported cases … Read more

WHO lifts its maximum alert level

2023-05-11 16:03:30 The organization considers it sufficiently under control almost a year after the start of its outbreak. The WHO on Thursday lifted its maximum alert level for the mpox epidemic (formerly called monkeypox), deeming it sufficiently under control almost a year after the start of its outbreak. This epidemicno longer represents a public health … Read more

“Mpox Outbreak: Expert Discussions on International Health Emergency Status”

2023-05-10 12:10:00 The outbreak of the viral disease Mpox (formerly: monkeypox) in more than 100 countries is largely under control. Experts therefore discussed in Geneva on Wednesday whether the situation still justifies the declaration of an international health emergency. They belong to the Mpox emergency committee, which the World Health Organization (WHO) convened for the … Read more

“Mpox Outbreak 2022: Experts Warn of Future Pandemic Risks”

2023-05-06 09:09:00 They should be constantly monitored. “We could have a virus variant in three years that is much less easy to contain – that’s a real risk,” said WHO monkeypox expert Rosamund Lewis of the dpa before a significant deadline. Exactly one year ago, a new sinister disease appeared in Europe: monkeypox, now called … Read more

There is no monkeypox vaccine in Pakistan, confirms WHO – Pakistan

2023-04-27 06:15:52 The National Health Organization has confirmed that there is no monkeypox vaccine in the country. The first case of monkeypox was reported in Pakistan. On April 25, the National Institute of Health Islamabad confirmed monkeypox in a person deported from Saudi Arabia. has been done, all measures to prevent diseases have been ensured. … Read more

a severe, potentially fatal form threatens AIDS patients

During the monkeypox epidemic, or mpox, which spread like wildfire in 2022 in around 100 countries, 38 to 50% of people infected with the virus and carrying HIV developed a form severe necrotizing mpox. With higher mortality in these patients, this finding warranted further study of the interaction of advanced HIV and mpox. A particularly … Read more

Citizens are urged to take prevention measures for monkeypox

Juarez City.- The Ministry of Health urges citizens to carry out preventive measures to prevent monkeypox from being transmitted between people. In a statement issued by the state government, the deputy director of Epidemiology, Gumaro Barrios Gallegos, indicated that it is an infectious disease originating in Central African countries, and Mexico maintains epidemiological surveillance of … Read more