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Wednesday, 4 September 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: Responding to the mpox emergency: Community Protection
WHEN: Wednesday, 4 September 2024 at 13:00–14:15 CEST (Geneva time)
CONTEXT: This is the first in a series of EPI-WIN webinars on the mpox Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This webinar will focus on Community Protection.
This webinar aims to highlight the work in protecting communities in the current mpox emergency and the evolving situation, including the specific needs of the different affected communities and how those can be addressed.
SPEAKERS
Opening Remarks and Strategic Update: Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Director a.i., Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness (EPP), WHO
The Community Protection Approach:
Dr Kai Von Harbou, Unit Head, Community Readiness and Resilience, WHO
Ombretta Baggio, Senior Advisor, Community Engagement and Accountability, IFRC
Protecting communities from mpox in the African region: key challenges and response: Dr Susan Nyawade, Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer, WHO AFRO
Protecting communities from mpox in PAHO: Dr Ruben Mayorga, Senior Advisor, Civil Society Engagement for the Elimination of Communicable Diseases, WHO PAHO
Additional links on mpox:
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 Trend: [https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/]
[https://www.who.int/health-topics/monkeypox#tab=tab_1]
Weekly Epidemiological Record:
WER9934-eng-fre.pdf (who.int) [https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/378522/WER9934-eng-fre.pdf]
Mpox global strategic preparedness and response plan (who.int) [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mpox-global-strategic-preparedness-and-response-plan]
Access to photos [https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1842/mpox-for-media]
Information to media : Media need to register once to access photos for media in the WHO photo library. Once the registration is approved, log in to download images. New users can register here: [https://photos.hq.who.int/join]
WHO headquarters photo library – Gallery – Mpox (for media) [https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1842/mpox-for-media]
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