Development of a partnership between academia, community, and government in response to the 2022 mpox outbreak in Japan

• Published in: Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi(JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH) Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 103 - 107
• Main Authors: KATO, Mio, YOSHIMATSU, Fumi, YAMAMOTO, Tomonori, KOBAYASHI, Nozomi, KIKUCHI, Tadashi, MATSUOKA, Saori, MATANO, Tetsuro, IWAHASHI, Kota, IKUSHIMA, Yuzuru, SHIONO, Satoshi, ISHIKANE, Masahiro, MORIOKA, Shinichiro, NAKAMOTO, Takato, YOSHIMI, Itsuro, SAITO, Tomoya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Japanese Society of Public Health 15.02.2024
• Subjects: Academia; Academia, community, and government partnership; Community engagement; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Government; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Mpox; Mpox (monkeypox); Public health preparedness; Risk communication; Japan; Community engagement; Mpox; Academia, community, and government partnership; Public health preparedness; Risk communication

Objectives　In response to the steady rise in the number of cases of mpox in nonendemic countries, starting with an outbreak in the United Kingdom in May 2022, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern on July 23, 2022. As of November 13, 2022, seven ca...