Mpox Multi-country External Situation Report No. 43

Publisher:
World Health Organization
Publication Date:
9 December 2024
Tags:
Africa, Angola, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, Health and Medicine, International Organizations and Africa

On 22 November 2024, the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR, 2005) was unanimous in expressing the view that the ongoing upsurge of mpox still meets the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and that the WHO Director-General be advised accordingly. The WHO Director-General concurred with the advice of the Committee that the event continues to constitute a PHEIC and issued revised temporary recommendations to this effect.

· WHO updated its assessment of the public health risk posed by mpox in November 2024. A breakdown of the assessment findings is detailed in this report.

· Since the last situation report, two additional countries have confirmed travel-related cases of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV for the first time: Canada and the United States of America.

· One country, Angola, has reported mpox cases for the first time, since the last situation report.

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