Emerging Outbreaks/PanEpidemics

September 3, 2024 (Tuesday)                                                                                                                                           Daniel Lucey MD, MPH

Initial postings requested for: (A) mpox and (B) polio vaccination on webpage for outbreaks and pan-epidemics on CGHE website (per Dr. Lisa Adams, Craig Westling, Roland Lamb, Dan Lucey).

Mpox:

---WHO Science in 5 minutes: “mpox updates” by Dr. Abdou Salam Gueye, WHO AFRO Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. September 2, 2024.

---Africa CDC: Fact sheet and epidemiology of mpox 2024

---World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros declares mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) August 14, 2024.

---US CDC: mpox resources links

---One Geisel MPH/MS/MD student webinar August 21 by Daniel Lucey MD MPH

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Polio Vaccination in Gaza:

---WHO media videos Day 1 (Sept. 1), Day 2 (Sept. 2), each day of vaccinations:

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---WHO Video from Gaza (Sept. 1, 2024 posted by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros on X): Duration 2 minutes.

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