What The Pox? | Investigating the monkeypox outbreak

Monkeypox is a devastating global health emergency - can we end the outbreak?

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Countries are struggling, vaccines are scarce and monkeypox is at risk of becoming endemic in many countries.


In the final episode of this documentary, we find out what actions need to be taken at a global scale to get the outbreak under control.


This virus became endemic in some countries after we first saw it in the 1970s and we really have not done much about it. That bears repeating, for over 50 years - people have been struggling with it, in Central and Eastern Africa - and even now when it’s spreading around the world - the action is limited.


The most frustrating thing for people with experience, and experts is we have the tools to fix this. But only if we work on a worldwide scale to prevent future pandemics, if governments step up, and if we change our attitudes to queer sex.


Can we end the outbreak, and prevent future ones - lets work out What The Pox? is going on. 


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This week's guests are:

  • Eolan Mcfadden - Frontline Aids,
  • Dr Jose Hidalgo - Infectious disease physician with Via Libre, Peru
  • Dr Richard Peabody - WHO lead of high-threat pathogen team


Listen to understand:

  • Why countries like Peru are only just seeing their peaks and struggling to respond without global help
  • How globally connected response to infectious diseases, is the only way to end this monkeypox outbreak
  • The pandemic preparedness work that the UN, WHO and HIV organisations are taking part in, to try and prevent future pandemics


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