Early detection, assessment and response to acute public health events:
Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV).1
It causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache, muscle ache, back pain and low energy or feeling sick. In most cases, the symptoms of mpox go away within a few weeks with supportive care.... In some people, the illness can be severe
or lead to complications and even death.
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Cureus 16(2): e53933. DOI 10.7759/cureus.53933
Outstanding child and adolescent TB priorities include the need to: find the missing children with active TB and link them to TB care; prevent TB in children who are in contact with infectious TB cases (through implementation of active contact investigation and provision of preventive treatment); an...d advance integration within general child health services, including maternal and child health/ reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, HIV, nutrition and other programmes.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization; http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.176677
Experience of national TB partnerships
ACAPS Briefing Note: Zika virus epidemic
A global Pandemic, Preparedness and Response (RRR) architecture
World Drug Report 2018
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