Mpox outbreak 2024: Community protection

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As a result of the surge of mpox cases in part of Africa, WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) for mpox on 14 August 2024.

Community protection is a core pillar of the mpox PHEIC response, with the main objective of enabling protection of at-risk and affected communities by using interventions related to risk communication, community engagement, infodemic management and community surveillance, among others.

This site compiles available resources and documents that can be used to strengthen skills and knowledge relevant to community protection for mpox.

To access OpenWHO courses on mpox, click here.

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE)

Infodemic Management (IM)

All IM courses are available on the OpenWHO Infodemic Management channel:

WHO Information Network for Epidemics (EPI-WIN) webinars

The overall objective of EPI-WIN is to make scientific information accessible, understandable and meaningful to all communities during emergencies so that their decisions, policies and actions are evidence-informed.

Access previous EPI-WIN Webinars on mpox:

Other useful resources

  1. Mpox Q&A, 17 August 2024. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/mpox
  2. Mpox Factsheet, 26 August 2024. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mpox
  3. WHO monkeypox outbreak toolbox, July 2024. Available at: https://www.who.int/emergencies/outbreak-toolkit/disease-outbreak-toolboxes/mpox-outbreak-toolbox
  4. Risk communication and community engagement readiness and response toolkit: mpox, 23 April 2024. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240091559
  5. Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) for monkeypox outbreaks: Interim guidance, 24 June 2022. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-MPX-RCCE-2022.1
  6. Risk communication and community engagement public health advice on understanding, preventing and addressing stigma and discrimination to monkeypox, 1 September 2022. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/communications-and-community-engagement-interim-guidance-on-using-inclusive-language-in-understanding--preventing-and-addressing-stigma-and-discrimination-related-to-monkeypox
  7. Public health taxonomy for social listening on mpox conversations
  8. Public health advice for sex workers on mpox, 18 Sept 2024. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/public-health-advice-for-sex-workers-on-monkeypox
  9. Public health taxonomy for social listening on mpox conversations 20 Sept 2024, Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/public-health-taxonomy-for-social-listening-on-mpox-conversations

This page was last changed at Sun, 29 Sep 2024 07:28:00 +0000.