Timely Topics in Global Health: Understanding and responding to the current mpox outbreak

The recent, rapid spread of the new clade 1B strain of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in Central Africa has prompted the second Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) since the global outbreak of mpox in 2022.  Learn the latest about the current epidemic in this panel conversation with experts representing a variety of perspectives. In a conversation hosted by the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health and moderated by Abraar Karan, MD, Stanford infectious diseases fellow, expert panelists will discuss the various strains of mpox currently causing outbreaks; epidemiological drivers of the various clades; strategies for containment; vaccine equity; and implications for the U.S. response. CIGH Director Michele Barry will provide an introduction.

Junior Mudji E’kitiak, MD

Family Physician and Primary Health Care Specialist, Vanga Hospital/Protestante University in Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Christina Hutson PhD, MS  

Senior Science Advisor CDC 2024 Clade I Mpox Response; Chief, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch 

Yvonne Maldonado, MD

Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity, Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology and Population Health

Esto Bahizire, MD, PhD

Co-founder and Director, Center for Tropical Diseases and Global Health, Universite Catholique de Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo