Mpox was declared a global public health emergency by the WHO. Now what?
The spread of a newer strain of mpox in Africa led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a public health ...
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Five years ago, WHO's pandemic call shook world into action
The PHEIC lasted until May 5, 2023. Throughout February 2020, journalists had repeatedly asked about a pandemic and at a press conference on March 9, Tedros indicated "the threat of a pandemic has ...
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Brazil sets up special committee to tackle mpox crisis
Brazil's Health Ministry announced the creation of an emergency committee to deal with the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) decreed Wednesday by the World Health ...
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WHO decides mpox epidemic still global health emergency
The emergency committee on mpox met for the third time on Tuesday and advised WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that the situation still constituted a PHEIC.
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WHO Committee to declare end of Covid-19 emergency?
The Director-General accepted the advice of the Emergency Committee and declared Covid-19 a PHEIC on Jan. 30, 2020. The Committee continues to meet every 3 months to review the case and reissue ...
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Learning from an evolving public health emergency to guide responses to mpox in Africa
Mpox was perceived to be a mild disease which had implications on the study population’s behavioural practices affecting ...
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Africa: Third Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee Regarding the Upsurge of Mpox 2024
Press Release - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the third ...