Agency :
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential for further spread.
This now triggers a coordinated international response to an extraordinary event and the mobilization of resources, such as vaccines and diagnostic testing, to curb the spread of this infectious disease.
But WHO has not declared mpox a pandemic. Rather, the measures it has triggered are designed to prevent it from becoming one.
