Tue, 1 Oct 2024
3:00 - 4:30pm [CEST]
Virtual
The World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in August. This webinar will convene leading experts to discuss the upsurge of mpox and priority emergency response measures.
Its purpose is to improve participants’ understanding of mpox prevention and treatment while encouraging global cooperation and community engagement by:
- Providing updates on the latest data and guidance on mpox prevention and treatment options, especially for those most affected, including people living with HIV
- Enhancing the global urgency of a coordinated and equitable response, including for mpox vaccination campaigns to be urgently scaled up across the African continent
- Highlighting the role of communities in mpox monitoring, prevention and treatment
- Sharing insights from the field on current challenges and experiences in prevention
- Sharing updates from ongoing clinical trials
Moderator:
- Beatriz Grinsztejn, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (INI-Fiocruz), Brazil, and IAS President
Confirmed speakers include:
- Meg Doherty, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Dimie Ogoina, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Niger Delta University and Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society, Nigeria
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe, National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), Democratic Republic of Congo
- Mayara Secco, INI-Fiocruz, Brazil
- William Fischer, University of North Carolina School of Medicine