Mpox, Ebola, Covid-19, dengue — these outbreaks are now household names across the world. The frequency and intensity of such diseases are becoming more common. Jeremy Farrar, Director of Wellcome, a global health charitable foundation, says, "We are going through an era of epidemics and pandemics, and they are going to be more complex and more frequent."

Kementerian Kesehatan mengatakan, vaksin Mpox massal bagi masyarakat Indonesia belum diperlukan, karena belum ada rekomendasi dari Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO). "Ndak perlu, karena WHO pun belum merekomendasikan," ujar Plt Kepala Biro Komunikasi dan Pelayanan Publik Kemenkes Siti Nadia Tarmizi ketika dihubungi di Jakarta, Kamis.

Pemerintah melakukan terobosan pencegahan stunting akibat malnutrisi bagi bayi lahir prematur atau Berat Badan Lahir Rendah (BBLR) dan anak dengan kelainan metabolik langka. Langkah tersebut dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup para penderitanya.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency.

WHO convened its emergency committee amid concerns that a deadlier strain of the virus, clade Ib, had reached four previously unaffected countries in Africa. This strain had previously been contained to the Democratic Republic of Congo.