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Bolstering public awareness to help curb mpox spread in Uganda [1]

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Date: 2024-11

Kampala ‒ Uganda is witnessing an upsurge in mpox cases, with laboratory-confirmed cases increasing from 24 as of 21 September to 413 as of 7 November 2024.

Among the key measures to curb the spread of mpox, health authorities, with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, are working closely with communities to raise awareness about the dangers of the disease, how to stay safe, address misinformation and stigma to ensure that affected communities are confident in seeking medical assistance to help halt the spread of the virus. Cases have been confirmed in 36 of the country’s 146 districts since 24 July 2024 when the first case was reported.

WHO supports the Ministry of Health to strengthen other crucial outbreak control measures including disease surveillance, testing and case management. More than 2000 health workers in the Kampala metropolitan area have been trained so far and WHO is actively reinforcing laboratory systems to accelerate sample collection and analysis.



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