Monkeypox

The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an 'extraordinary' situation that now ...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

A large number of cases this year have been in men who have sex with men, and public health officials are focusing their prevention efforts in this group. WHO initially stopped short of declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after its first emergency committee meeting on June 23. IHR require that all countries have the ability to detect, assess, report, and respond to public health events."

The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO ...

Monkeypox does not spread as easily as Covid and we already have a vaccine (developed for smallpox) that offers good protection. Whether we can stop monkeypox can be stopped is as much a societal and cultural challenge as it is about the virus. Dr Tedros said the declaration would help speed up the development of vaccines and the implementation of measures to limit the spread of the virus. "The WHO's assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and in all regions, except in the European region, where we assess the risk as high," he added. Dr Tedros said the emergency committee had been unable to reach a consensus on whether the monkeypox outbreak should be classified as a global health emergency. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases.

The WHO is due to hold a news conference at 1300 GMT on Saturday to announce his ultimate decision.

It’s the WHO’s highest alert level and can be used to encourage nations to cooperate on countermeasures, while letting the agency recommend steps such as travel advisories. The illness often lasts for two weeks to a month, and can be deadly. Nine committee members were against declaring the monkeypox outbreak a PHEIC, while six were in favor.

1.e. Raise awareness about monkeypox virus transmission, related prevention and protective measures, and symptoms and signs of monkeypox among communities that ...

They were unable to reach consensus regarding advice to the WHO Director-General on whether the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox should or should not be determined to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Supportive elements regarding the views expressed by the Members of the Committee in favour or not in favour of such a determination are summarized below. - The stigma, marginalization, and discrimination that a determination of a PHEIC may generate against the currently affected communities, especially in countries where homosexuality is criminalized, LGBTI+ communities are not well established and engaged in a dialogue with governments. With regards to the potential changes in the virus genome, investigations are ongoing in relation to the reports of changes that may affect features of the virus. To date, there is currently no documented evidence of instances of anthropozoonotic transmission available to the WHO Secretariat or its One Health partners the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). With the exception of Nigeria, the remaining four countries reported that 99% of cases were occurring in MSM, and mainly among those with multiple partners. The Committee noted the generally moderate level of confidence in the available data to make any informed determination on these considerations. Modelling work conducted by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) suggests that isolation of cases and contact tracing could be effective in bringing the outbreak under control. Members and Advisers were also reminded of their duty of confidentiality as to the meeting discussions and the work of the Committee, as well as their individual responsibility to disclose to WHO, in a timely manner, any interests of a personal, professional, financial, intellectual or commercial nature that may give rise to a perceived or direct conflict of interest. 2.b.i. Raise awareness about monkeypox virus transmission, actions to reduce the risk of onward transmission to others and clinical presentation in communities affected by the outbreak, which may vary by context, and promote the uptake and appropriate use of prevention measures and adoption of informed risk mitigation measures. 1.b. Plan for, and/or implement, interventions to avoid the stigmatization and discrimination against any individual or population group that may be affected by monkeypox, with the goal of preventing further undetected transmission of monkeypox virus. Policies related to the management of contacts should encompass health, psychological, material and essential support to adequate living. The Committee Members did not reach a consensus regarding their advice on determination of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for this event.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared monkeypox a global health emergency.

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The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the international monkeypox outbreak a global emergency, a decision that underscores concerns about ...

The WHO’s move is not likely to have a direct effect on the U.S. response. On Friday, health authorities reported the first two U.S. cases of monkeypox in children. They also noted scant evidence of substantial transmission beyond men who have sex with men and concerns that a health emergency would fuel discrimination against the LGBT community in countries where homosexuality is criminalized. Experts believe close contact during male-to-male sexual activity is a major driver of transmission in the ongoing outbreak. Monkeypox has spread across the world at an unprecedented rate in the last two months. The decision means the world is now confronting two viral diseases that have crossed the extraordinary threshold of being declared health emergencies: covid-19 and monkeypox.

Monkeypox outbreaks are now seen as a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Saturday.

“I know this has not been an easy or straightforward process and that there are divergent views.” Tedros, however, noted that the Monkeypox IHR Emergency Committee “was unable to reach a consensus” on whether monkeypox is a global health emergency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the decision comes as monkeypox outbreaks have met “the five elements in the International Health Regulations (IHR)” that decide whether an outbreak constitutes a global health emergency.

The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the highest level of alert.

The declaration of another PHEIC should serve as stark reminder to world leaders of this modern reality and the weaknesses in our collective ability to prepare and respond. But governments must also support more research to understand why we are seeing new patterns of transmission, evaluate the effectiveness of our current tools and support the development of improved interventions.” The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the highest level of alert.

Tourists visiting Montreal were among those in line at an outdoor clinic Saturday to get a dose of the monkeypox vaccine.

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MONTREAL — Tourists are among those lining up to get monkeypox vaccines in Montreal as the World Health Organization declares the virus a global health ...

The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an 'extraordinary' situation that now ...

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Public Health Ontario is reporting 21 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ottawa, the second-highest number of cases in the province behind Toronto.

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Last week, the provincial health agency confirmed its first case of the virus in a woman. The majority of confirmed cases are in men between the ages of 30 and ...

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Canada confirmed 681 cases of monkeypox across five provinces as the global outbreak of the virus was deemed a public health emergency of international ...

Since the beginning of the month in Canada, there has been a doubling of cases to date, the first case in a female and the first cases in Saskatchewan. Cases are expected to keep rising, according to a statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Canada confirmed 681 cases of monkeypox across five provinces on Saturday as the global outbreak of the virus was deemed a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The U.N. agency's director-general declared the spreading monkeypox virus a global emergency. Over 16000 cases have been reported in 74 countries.

WHO’s top monkeypox expert, Dr. Rosamund Lewis, said this week that 99 per cent of all the monkeypox cases beyond Africa were in men and that of those, 98 per cent involved men who have sex with men. Though monkeypox has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades and was not known to spark large outbreaks or spread beyond the continent, it wasn't until May that authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere. "For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," said Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who made the decision despite a lack of consensus among experts on the U.N. health agency's emergency committee. The decision to declare monkeypox a global emergency was to ensure that the world take the current outbreaks seriously, says WHO's emergencies chief, Dr. Michael Ryan. “We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little,” said Tedros. “I know this has not been an easy or straightforward process and that there are divergent views among the members [of the committee]." On Saturday (July 23) World Health Organization (WHO) says that the expanding monkeypox outbreak, which has spread to more than 70 countries, is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.

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To date, the Government of Canada has deployed over 70,000 doses of vaccines to provinces and territories and continues to work actively with the provinces as they manage their public health responses. Everyone in Canada is reminded that they can help reduce the risk of becoming infected or spreading the monkeypox virus by: As of today, there are 681 confirmed cases of monkeypox across five provinces in Canada and these numbers are expected to continue to rise as the outbreak evolves. Provincial and territorial public health authorities have launched their monkeypox vaccination campaigns and have started vaccinating populations at higher risk. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is issuing this statement to provide an update on the ongoing response to monkeypox. On July 23, the WHO Director General issued a statement declaring that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

As of July 22, Canada has reported a total of 681 cases of the virus, with 288 reported in Ontario, 48 in British Columbia, 12 in Alberta and two in ...

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The decision will empower the agency to take additional measures to try to curb the virus, which has now spread to more than 70 countries.

The Central African Republic and Nigeria — two of the countries were monkeypox is endemic — have reported five deaths so far in 2022. Governments must take this more seriously and work together internationally to bring this outbreak under control,” Golding said in a statement. “Nine and six is very, very close,” Tedros said in a news conference called to announce the decision. Four of the six were in men who have sex with men. Monkeypox infections lead to painful lesions and rashes, including vesicles forming on the palms. The same committee met just one month ago and declined to declare a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC.

Public Health Ontario reported 288 confirmed cases of the virus across the province, with 220 in Toronto.

It’s also working with community organizations to give vaccines to people at higher risk of monkeypox, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis. There have been no deaths associated with the virus in Ontario. There have been no deaths associated with the virus in Ontario.

The monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, the head of the World Health Organization said, overruling a divided expert ...

Perspectives of clinicians treating patients with the disease. 24 July 2022. In just over two months a global outbreak of monkeypox in non-endemic countries ...

Even so, it is important to point out that MSM are currently at higher risk of contracting monkeypox because of the social and sexual networks in which the disease has been spreading the fastest. This will protect your health and the health of those you hold close. "Most people are looking for what they've been told to watch out for on social media -- so a rash -- but it's not what we always see. "At the beginning of May I had several patients presenting with what appeared to be ulcers. However, since then we have also seen others as a result of referrals from our sexual health clinic". Dr Francisco Silva is a General Practitioner in Lisbon, Portugal, who also works at a sexual health clinic in the city.

The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of global concern. From how it spreads to preventive measures, here's what ...

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If countries’ tussling for covid-19 jabs in the early days of the pandemic is a guide, that will be the organisation’s toughest job. It has been used against monkeypox in America and Europe based on limited data of efficacy from monkeypox outbreaks in Africa. About half of countries that are currently reporting monkeypox cases have secured some amount of the vaccine, says the who. One of its tasks now is to ensure that the supplies rolling off production lines are sent to where they are needed the most. That probably explains, at least in part, the higher mortality among monkeypox cases in Africa (where as many as 3-6% of cases can be fatal). There have been no deaths so far among the thousands of cases diagnosed in Western countries. In the current outbreak about 70% of cases are in Europe and 15% are in America, though far more limited testing in other regions means that transmission chains there may be going undetected. On july 23rd the World Health Organisation (who) declared the spread of monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern”, the highest level of alert in its hierarchy of warnings.

Montreal is offering vaccination against the disease to all men who have sex with men, as well as to people who have been exposed to monkeypox.

“The Government acknowledges the WHO’s determination and will continue its work with provinces and territories as it has since the start of the monkeypox outbreak.” “I know this has not been an easy or straightforward process and that there are divergent views.” A global emergency is the organization’s highest level of alert, but the designation does not necessarily mean a disease is particularly transmissible or lethal. Libman said the WHO’s declaration of a global emergency constitutes a “call to action” that countries need to contain it. “Since the beginning of the outbreak, the Government of Canada’s top priority has been protecting the health of all Canadians,” read a statement issued after the WHO’s declaration. “They mentioned that this was here and it’s the best thing ever because the community is reaching out, and I can get it without having to deal with the U.S,” he said.

The rare designation may help spur more investment in combatting the once rare disease amid a scramble for scarce vaccines. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom ...

"Vaccination in the West might help stop the outbreak there, but there will still be cases in Africa," he said. So far, monkeypox deaths have only been reported in Africa, where a more dangerous version of the virus is spreading. However, in Europe, North America and other regions, monkeypox is spreading from human to human without links to animals or travel to Africa. At the time, 3,040 monkeypox cases had been reported in 47 countries, he said. "So in short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little," he said. While a global emergency is the organization's highest alert level, it doesn't always mean a disease is highly transmissible or lethal. There have been 2,891 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.S. as of Friday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. States reporting cases have received 370,000 vaccine doses. As a more dangerous version of the virus spreads mainly in Nigeria and the Congo, the only monkeypox deaths as of now have been reported in Africa, where it mainly spreads to people from infected animals such as rodents. On Friday, the U.S. reported its first two cases of monkeypox in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the virus has been found in parts of central and west Africa for decades, monkeypox began to spread more widely in May as authorities reported dozens of epidemics globally. "... For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern." The head of the U.N. health agency said Saturday that monkeypox is a global emergency after the World Health Organization's expert committee didn't reach a consensus on whether to urge a coordinated international response to prevent the virus's spread.