Well Well Well

3 Aug 2023

IAS 2023 – MPOX One Year On

Health, MPOX, Science & Medicine, Sexual Health

Cal Hawk reports back from the recent IAS 2023 Conference in Brisbane. The biennial conference showcases the latest scientific findings from around the world regarding HIV and other infectious diseases. One year on in the global outbreak of MPOX (monkeypox), Cal is talks to Mateo Prochazka, an infectious disease epidemiologist and public health consultant from the World Health Organisation (WHO), about the lasting impact of MPOX.

This week two cases of MPOX were reported in Melbourne amongst men who have sex with men who were unvaccinated. For more information on MPOX and how to get your first and second vaccination shots, head to: thorneharbour.org/mpox

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