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Saturday, 24 August 2024
Correction: Disease Outbreak News Mpox
On 22 August, WHO published a Disease Outbreak News on mpox in Africa. [https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON528]
We would like to inform you that a correction was made to the age breakdown for children in Burundi
Corrigendum: The distribution percentages of cases by age group in Burundi have been corrected. The revised data is as follows: It should read:
Children under the age of five years make up 28.9% of the cases, followed by those aged from 11 to 20 years (20.4%), and those aged from 21 to 30 years (18.3%).
For ease of reference:
The incorrect text was the following:
…Children under the age of five years make up 60.3% of the cases, followed by those aged from 11 to 20 years (42.6%), and those aged from 21 to 30 years (38.2%).
We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Additional links:
Mpox situation reports can be found in the following link: WHO – Emergency situation reports [https://www.who.int/emergencies/situation-reports]
The latest situation report [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/multi-country-outbreak-of-mpox–external-situation-report-35–12-august-2024] published provides details on the latest epidemiological trends, including an update on the geographic expansion of mpox in the WHO African Region from July – August 2024.
2022-24 Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak:
Global Trends : [https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/]
[https://www.who.int/health-topics/monkeypox#tab=tab_1]
Access to photos:
A gallery of selected images for media: WHO headquarters photo library – Gallery – Mpox (for media) [https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1842/mpox-for-media]
Media inquiries: