MPOX

Opening Speech: Mpox, Community Responses, and Lessons Learned

Dear Virtual Participants Across the World, Dear Esteemed Partners – WHO, Dear Honorable Speakers and Moderator, Dear Members of the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), It is my singular honor and great pleasure to welcome you all to today’s important webinar on Mpox: Community Responses and Lessons Learned. This platform brings together voices...

Webinaire conjoint de la SAA & de l’OMS AFRO: Variole du singe : Réponses de la communauté et enseignements tirés

CONTEXTE La variole simienne (auparavant appelée variole du singe) est une maladie virale causée par un virus orthopox appelé virus de la variole du singe. Elle se transmet entre humains par contact étroit avec des lésions, des fluides corporels, des particules respiratoires infectieuses ou du matériel contaminé. En outre, elle...

A joint SAA & WHO AFRO webinar: MPOX: COMMUNITY RESPONSES AND LESSONS LEARNED

BACKGROUND Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus. It transmits between humans through close contact with lesions, body fluids, infectious respiratory particles or contaminated materials, or from animals to humans through contact with live animals or consumption of contaminated ‘bushmeat’. Mpox...

MPOX KEY MESSAGES AND GUIDANCE

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Background An outbreak of Mpox is occurring in many countries: Mpox is preventable — most people recover fully but some people can get seriously ill, particularly those who are immunosuppressed such as those with untreated or HIV/ AIDS. Symptoms can be uncomfortable and painful. What we know about the...

SAA/WHO Regional Office for Africa Webinar on Emerging Viral Infections and Diseases: Focus on the Monkeypox Virus

OVERVIEW Monkeypox is a zoonosis: a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. Cases are often found close to tropical rainforests where there are animals that carry the virus. Evidence of monkeypox virus infection has been found in animals including squirrels, Gambian poached rats, dormice, different species of monkeys...