'Spreading rapidly': WHO calls for increased monkeypox surveillance in Southeast Asia – The Week

The World Health Organisation called on countries of Southeast Asia to strengthen surveillance and public health measures for monkeypox, with the disease being declared a public health emergency of international concern, news agency ANI reported. “Monkeypox is spreading rapidly, and to countries that haven’t seen it before. Cases are concentrated among men who have sex with men. Our measures should be sensitive, devoid of stigma or discrimination,”à‚ WHO regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said. Globally, over 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 75 countries. In the WHO Southeast Asia, four cases of monkeypox have been reported, three from…