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International scientists asked WHO to change the name of monkeypox because it was considered discriminatory.
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GridHEALTH.id – Disease monkey pox has been getting the attention of the world community lately.
How not, in the last few weeks monkey pox case has spread widely in various countries of the world.
Lastly, there are more than 1,000 cases of monkeypox that have been reported and occurred in Indonesia 39 countries.
Widespread in various countries of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) will change the name monkeypox to avoid discrimination and stigma.
WHO general chairman Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organization was working with colleagues and health experts around the world to replace diseases caused by viruses. monkeypox.
The announcement of the new name for monkeypox from the WHO will be carried out as soon as possible, Tedros said, quoted from The GuardianFriday (17/06/2022).
This was done after scientists said that changing the name of monkeypox was urgent and called the naming so far less accurate, discriminatory, and stigmatizing.
More than 30 international scientists have written to the WHO and supported the African CDC, asking for the disease’s name to be changed because of human-to-human transmission this year.
“The prevailing perception in the international media and scientific literature is that MPXV is endemic in people in several African countries,” they wrote in the letter.
Also Read: Monkeypox doesn’t last long in the air like the Covid-19 virus, CDC
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