monkeypox pandemic WHO declares the global health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox pandemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

The decision was announced Saturday morning after the World Health Organization held its second emergency committee meeting on the issue on Thursday.

On Saturday morning WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the global outbreak of monkeypox outbreak an international public health organizations emergency of serious concern.

Tedros said that although the committee failed to reach a consensus he made the decision after considering five elements needed to determine whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

He mentioned that while he is now declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern this outbreak has been largely concentrated among men who have sex with men especially men with multiple partners; this means that this is a Stopped outbreak The strategy is in the right place.

1- what is monkeypox pandemic

A monkeypox outbreak is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. The monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as the variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox.

WHO initially did not declare the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after the emergency committee held its first meeting on June 23. At the time Tedros said that the emergency committee had been informed that the incident did not constitute a public health emergency of international concern but acknowledged that WHO will closely monitor the evolving health threat.

The World Health Organization defines a public health emergency of international concern as an exceptional event that poses a risk to the public health of other countries through the international spread of disease and may require a coordinated international response.

The WHO emergency committee on monkeypox first met in late June when its members reported serious concerns about the scale and speed of the virus outbreak but said it would not pose a health concern. He said Tedros reconvened the committee to provide an update.

The classification derived from international health regulations established in 2005 represents an international agreement to help prevent and respond to public health risks that may spread around the world.

The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the rules as a legally binding agreement for 196 countries to build the capacity to detect and report potential public health emergencies around the world. International health regulations require all countries to be able to test and evaluate reports and respond to public health events.

Four other types of HIV have been declared since the regulations were implemented: H1N1 influenza from 2009 to 2010; Ebola virus from 2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020; and Zika virus from 2016.

More than 2,800 probable or confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported in 44 U.S states including the capital and Puerto Rico according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 16,500 cases have been reported in 74 countries around the world. less monkeypox Serious cousin of the now eradicated smallpox virus. It is endemic in parts of West and Central Africa and is usually infected by rodents or small mammals.

The monkeypox outbreak is a less serious cousin of the now-eradicated smallpox infection. It is endemic in pieces of West and Central Africa and is usually infected by rodents or small mammals.

2- The monkeypox pandemic virus can be spread through

contact with virus-contaminated bodily fluids sores or objects such as clothing and bedding. It can also spread from person to person through respiratory droplets that are usually nearby according to the CDC.