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What happened to that other global health emergency - monkeypox?

Monkeypox

A vial containing the monkeypox vaccine and a syringe. Credit: Nell Redmond/AP/AAP

Monkeypox made headlines when it was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation in July. What happened to it?


Monkeypox made headlines when it was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation [[WHO]] in July.

Since then Australian sexual health workers and public health campaigners have been working to get members of at-risk communities immunised.

The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations says the rollout so far has been a success story, in part due to the trust and rapport established between sexual health centres and at-risk communities - gay or bisexual men.

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