The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has taken note of the report by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) of the first confirmed case of mpox in Ghana, as well as about 230 suspected cases.
The mpox outbreak was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) from May 2022 to July 2023 and subsequently by the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security concern (PHECS) on 13th August 2024.
On 14th August 2024 WHO declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) again.
This was the second declaration by WHO in two years as more countries have become affected by the new clade 1b strain of monkey pox virus.