Earlier this year, the World Health Organization launched a public consultation to develop a new name for the disease, and received more than 200 proposals.
I welcomed United Statewhich was among the states and bodies supporting the name change, by declaring.
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said "Reducing the stigma associated with the disease is a critical step in our work to eradicate Mbox.".
explained World Health Organization That global experts settled on "mbox"after considering scientific suitability and extent of current use, as well as ease of pronunciation, among other factors.
The disease was discovered in 1958 and named after the first animal to show symptoms, and its spread was mostly concentrated in a group of countries in western and central Africa until this year.
It has reported about 100 countries where it is not endemic "mbox" of an outbreak of a viral disease.
The World Health Organization has a mandate to give new names to known diseases, and generally seeks to avoid linking any disease or virus to a country, region, animal or ethnic group.
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The organization said in a statement: “The two terms will be used concurrently for a year, before phasing out a noun Monkeypox“.
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization launched a public consultation to develop a new name for the disease, and received more than 200 proposals.
I welcomed United Statewhich was among the states and bodies supporting the name change, by declaring.
“Reducing stigma associated with the disease is a critical step in our work to end Mbox,” said US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
explained World Health Organization That international experts settled on “mbox”, after considering the scientific suitability and the extent of current use, in addition to the ease of pronunciation, in addition to other factors.
The disease was discovered in 1958 and named after the first animal to show symptoms, and its spread was mostly concentrated in a group of countries in western and central Africa until this year.
About 100 countries where mbox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease.
The World Health Organization has a mandate to give new names to known diseases, and generally seeks to avoid linking any disease or virus to a country, region, animal or ethnic group.