Aug 26, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on mpox: includes key facts, definition, outbreaks, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

Oct 16, 2024 · Are people who are immunosuppressed at higher risk of developing severe mpox (including people living with HIV)?

Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, …

Oct 3, 2024 · Page providing resources relating to an outbreak of mpox that began in 2022. Resources include general information on the virus, situation reports and materials for health workers.

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 …

WHO fact sheet on monkeypox: includes key facts, definition, outbreaks, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

Aug 14, 2024 · WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries …

Jun 25, 2025 · Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus and is a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae, which includes variola, cowpox, vaccinia and other viruses. Mpox was first …

Jun 10, 2022 · Over the last few weeks there have been reports of an atypical outbreak of monkeypox in the European Region and other parts of the world where the disease is not usually found. We spoke …

Jun 2, 2025 · For more information on how access the protocol please e-mail: monkeypox_MEURI@who.int Severe mpox is defined in the WHO Clinical management and …