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Monkey pox, a global emergency?/ WHO decides today

2022-07-21 09:44:00, Shëndeti CNA
Monkey pox, a global emergency?/ WHO decides today
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The World Health Organization will decide today whether to declare monkeypox a global health emergency, prompting criticism from African scientists who say the disease has been a health crisis on their continent for years.

The discussions and review of WHO's response to the outbreak follow concerns about how the United Nations agency and governments around the world handled COVID-19 in early 2020.

On June 23, the WHO convened an emergency committee of experts to decide whether monkeypox constitutes a so-called Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) – the UN health agency's highest level of alert.

If the committee advises Tedros that the outbreak constitutes a PHEIC, it will propose interim recommendations on how to better prevent and reduce the spread of the disease and manage the global public health response.

The viral disease, which causes flu-like symptoms and skin irritation, has been described as endemic in parts of Africa. The continent has recorded around 1,500 suspected cases since the beginning of 2022, of which 66 have resulted in death, according to official data. /CNA.al





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