UN health agency convening experts meeting to decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency

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1. Local News 8

   UN health agency convening experts meeting to decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency ↗ (opens Local News 8)

   Published Aug 6, 2024

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   GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency.

2. Fox News

   WHO asks experts to help decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency ↗ (opens Fox News)

   Published Aug 6, 2024

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   The World Health Organization Director-General asked independent experts to advise WHO on whether the spread of the mpox virus in Africa should be declared a global emergency.

3. Newsweek

   WHO considers declaring mpox in Africa a global emergency ↗ (opens Newsweek)

   Published Aug 6, 2024

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   WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that he will soon convene an emergency committee on mpox.

4. Live Science

   WHO may declare new, deadlier mpox outbreak an international emergency ↗ (opens Live Science)

   Published Aug 6, 2024

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   The World Health Organization will soon convene a committee to decide if the mpox outbreak constitutes a

5. STAT

   WHO to convene panel to determine whether mpox outbreak is a public health emergency ↗ (opens STAT)

   Published Aug 6, 2024

   STAT's feed description

   The outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo but has spread recently to at least three other neighboring countries.