(Zurich / Geneva Composite Electric) Tan Dezai, Director -General of the World Health Organization, announced that the epidemic in the world is listed as a global public health incident.This is the highest -level alarm of WHO. At present, only crown disease and pediatric paralysis belong to this level.
Tan Desai revealed at a press conference held at Geneva on Saturday (July 23) that after several hours of discussion and evaluation on the 23rd, the WHO's expert group has not been able to form a "international internationalConsensus on "emergencies of public health events" reached consensus.But he believes that the rapid spread of monkey acne epidemic means that this is a global emergency.
Tan Desai said that the current monkey acne epidemic constitutes a "high risk" in Europe and is a "moderate risk" worldwide.He is confident that existing tools can effectively respond and control the epidemic to stop the spread of viruses on a large scale.
Since the beginning of this year, 71 member states from all six regions of the WHO have notified more than 14,000 cases of monkey acne and five deaths.While the spread of viruses in some countries has declined, the spread trend of other countries is rising.Especially in countries where monkey acne diagnosis and vaccine are not easy to obtain, the epidemic is more difficult to track and curb.
The WST held the first emergency meeting on June 23, but most of the experts did not recommend listing monkey acne epidemic at the time as global emergencies.
Tan Desai revealed that last week, six countries notified the first case of monkey acne, most of them were male actors.Tan Desai believes that this communication model provides opportunities for the implementation of targeted public health intervention measures, but at the same time constitutes a challenge, because in some countries, the discrimination faced by this affected group is threatening to their lives.Essence
Tan Desai clearly pointed out that one of the most powerful tools against monkey acne is to obtain information.The more information you face in the risk of the monkey acne epidemic, the more capable of protecting himself.He emphasized that it is necessary to control the illness of this neglected disease in history.However, if the epidemiological characteristics of monkeys cannot be grasped in western and central Africa, the intervention measures for epidemic conditions constitute a major challenge.
At present, WHO is working closely with the affected communities in all its areas.With the development of the epidemic, WHO called for more response measures to the most affected groups.
