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WHO launches global strategic preparedness, response plan for the Mpox outbreak
Updated On: 27 August, 2024 11:26 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The plan spans the six-month starting September 2024-February 2025, and envisions a $135 million funding, the WHO said. The plan also includes strategic vaccination efforts for people at highest risk, to interrupt transmission chains. This includes close contacts of recent cases and healthcare workers
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a six-month global strategic preparedness and response plan to stop the deadly outbreak of Mpox, declared as a public health emergency.
The plan aims to curtail “human-to-human transmission of Mpox through coordinated global, regional, and national efforts”.
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