Clinical Trials Arena September 3, 2024
This is the highest level of alert that the WHO can issue and places the current mpox outbreak in the same category as previous outbreaks such as Covid-19 and Ebola.
In response to the mpox outbreak in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an international Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) and hosted a research response conference whereby researchers, public health officials, and stakeholders from affected countries were invited to take the lead in shaping research efforts and aligning them with outbreak response strategies. This follows the recent declaration by the WHO that the mpox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). This is the highest level of alert that the WHO can issue and...