Official notice from World Health Organization
Mpox
African Region
- Report type
- Disease Outbreak News
- Published
Disease Outbreak News are WHO's official reports on confirmed or potential acute public-health events. WHO does not assign them levels.
Excerpt from World Health Organization:On 14 August 2024, the WHO Director-General determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International…
Read the full official report on who.int3 ways to protect yourself
- Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like mpox.
- Do not share bedding, towels, clothing, cups or utensils with someone who has mpox.
- Wash hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Adapted from CDC: Preventing Monkeypox (mpox)All prevention steps
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