Intriguing insight into unanswered questions about Mpox: exploring health policy implications and considerations

Abstract The 2022 multi-country Monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak has added concerns to scientific research. However, unanswered questions about the disease remain. These unanswered questions lie in different aspects, such as transmission, the affected community, clinical presentations, infection and prevention control and treatment and vaccination. It is imperative to address these issues to stop the spread and transmission of disease. We documented unanswered questions with Mpox and offered suggestions that could help put health policy into practice. One of those questions is why gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) are the most affected community, underscoring the importance of prioritizing this community regarding treatment, vaccination and post-exposure prophylaxis. In addition, destigmatizing gbMSM and implementing community-based gbMSM consultation and action alongside ethical surveillance can facilitate other preventive measures such as ring vaccination to curb disease transmission and track vaccine efficacy. Relevant to that, vaccine and drug side effects have implied the questionability of their use and stimulated the importance of health policy development regarding expanded access and off-label use, expressing the need for safe drug and vaccine development manufacturing. The possibility of reverse zoonotic has also been raised, thus indicating the requirement to screen not only humans, but also their related animals to understand the real magnitude of reverse zoonosis and its potential risks. Implementing infection prevention and control measures to stop the virus circulation at the human–animal interface that includes One Health approach is essential..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Health research policy and systems - 22(2024), 1 vom: 22. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manirambona, Emery [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Sheharyar Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Siddiq, Abdelmonem [VerfasserIn]
Albakri, Khaled [VerfasserIn]
Salamah, Hazem Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Hassan, Noheir Ashraf Ibrahem Fathy [VerfasserIn]
Musa, Shuaibu Saidu [VerfasserIn]
Dhama, Kuldeep [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Health Policy
Monkeypox
Mpox
Mysteries
Prevention controls
Treatment
Unanswered questions
Vaccines

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© The Author(s) 2024

doi:

10.1186/s12961-024-01123-9

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SPR05525764X