Hospital‐based salient prevention and control measures to counteract the 2022 monkeypox outbreak

Monkeypox (MPX) has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. As of November 4, 2022, 78,000 verified cases from 109 countries and territories, and 40 deaths have been reported due to MPX. The present article highlights salient hospital‐based...

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Published in:Health science reports 2023-01, Vol.6 (1), p.e1057-n/a
Main Authors: Ahmed, Sirwan K., El‐Kader, Rabab G. A., Lorenzo, Jose M., Chakraborty, Chiranjib, Dhama, Kuldeep, Mohammed, Mona G., Rehman, Mohammad Ebad Ur, Abdulrahman, Daria S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19 vaccines
Curricula
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Epidemics
FDA approval
hospital facilities
Hospitals
Immunization
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medical personnel
Medical supplies
monkeypox
Mpox
Online instruction
Pandemics
patient management
Patients
Personal protective equipment
prevention and control
Public health
safety measures
Smallpox
treatment
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Summary:Monkeypox (MPX) has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. As of November 4, 2022, 78,000 verified cases from 109 countries and territories, and 40 deaths have been reported due to MPX. The present article highlights salient hospital‐based prevention and control measures to be adopted and their critical role to mitigate the ongoing MPX outbreaks and global public health emergency.
ISSN:2398-8835
2398-8835
DOI:10.1002/hsr2.1057