| No images? Click here  Wednesday, 14 August 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY Virtual press conference on the outcome of Emergency Committee (EC) meeting regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 When: Wednesday, 14 August 2024 at 18:45 CEST (Geneva time) Hosted by: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO Subject: Outcome of Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 Connect by Zoom:
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The first meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) was convened on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, from 12:00 pm CEST by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024. Background: The EC provides its views to the WHO Director-General on whether the event constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). In the event of a PHEIC, the EC advises on the temporary recommendations proposed by the WHO Director-General on how to better prevent and reduce the spread of the disease and manage the global public health response. The Director-General decides whether to accept the EC's advice. There have been 10 IHR ECs so far, including one concerning mpox, which held its first meeting on 23 June 2022. See the full list here. ************ Information and resources: Photos for media: https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1842/mpox-for-media Media who are not yet registered with the WHO photo library need to register once for access to WHO media images. For any questions on photo access please email photos@who.int Q&A on the IHR and ECs (click on top of the page for other languages) WHO Director-General’s remarks announcing the convening of an EC https://www.who.int/teams/ihr/ihr-review-committees IHR Emergency Committees (who.int) Notes to journalists: Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media (one per journalist) are allowed. When you sign in you will be automatically put in the meeting room. WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption. The event is also broadcast on WHO social media channels and you can follow it there.To ask a question, please click "raise hand" and this will enter you into the queue for questions (it can be found under the tab: participants).Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer. Do not ask questions via the chat as we cannot guarantee that we can incorporate them into the Q&A session. Media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.  |
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