WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease

WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease

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Category : International Published on: December 02 2022

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  • The World Health Organization said that it would begin referring to monkeypox as ‘mpox’ in an effort to reduce stigma around the name of the virus.
  • The decision comes after the name monkeypox — so named after first being identified in monkeys — was criticized for adding to racial and sexual stigmatization.
  • Mpox is a rare viral disease that primarily occurs in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa, but outbreaks emerged in other parts of the world this year.   
  • There have more than 80,000 cases, and 55 deaths, with 110 countries affected.
  • The monkeypox name was given in 1970, some 12 years after the virus that causes the disease was discovered in captive monkeys.
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