The spread of a newer strain of mpox in Africa led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday. This newer ...

"The mpox upsurge continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)," said a WHO ...

More than 14,000 mpox cases have been reported in the DRC this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday ...

This is the second time WHO has declared mpox a PHEIC in two years. The first was in response to a multi-country outbreak in 2022, which sickened nearly 100,000 people, including 32,000 in the U.S ...

On Wednesday afternoon, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, over mpox, citing a resurgence of cases across Africa and the emergence ...

On August 14, 2024, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries to be a Public Health Emergency of ...

One of its most powerful tools is the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The primary purpose of a PHEIC declaration is to catalyse timely, evidence-based ...

The outbreak involves a newer strain primarily seen in African countries. The spread of a newer strain of mpox in Africa led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a public ...