The document outlines monkey pox (mpox), a viral illness caused by the monkey pox virus, detailing its causes, modes of transmission, and community spread. It emphasizes the importance of intervention approaches, including community engagement, clinical care, and risk communication strategies in high-risk districts. Key symptoms and treatment facilities are also highlighted, alongside the need for community support and data management for effective response.

1. MONKEY POX
BY DR AMOS

2. OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Causes
• Modes of transmission
• Modalities of spread
• Community spread
• Intervention approaches (pillars of MOH)

3. INTRODUCTION
• Mpox previously known as monkey pox is a viral
illness caused by monkey pox virus (MPXV)
species of the germs orthopoxvirus.
• It is caused by MPXV
• The virus is an enveloped double stranded DNA
of the orthopoxvirus genus in the poxindae
family
• Other members of the family include
variola,rowpox,viccinia among others

4. • There are two clades of viruses
• Clade I ( with suclades 1a and 1b)
• Clade II (with subclade IIa and IIb)

5. Transmission
• Mpox spreads from person to person mainly through;
• Close contact with an infected person
• Skin to skin,mouth to mouth,mouth to skin,face to
face forexample breathing or talking close to one
another which can generate infectious respiratory
particles.
• Multiple sexual partners
• Contact with contaminated objects;clothing,needle
injuries

6. Transmission
• Passge from mother to child during birth
• Animal to human transmission ;this occurs
through contact and eating the meat of
animals like monkeys and squirrels.

7. Signs and symptoms
• The signs and symptoms given are for the first
11 cases and 52 suspects
• Rash
• Fever
• Headache
• Fatigue
• These vary with age and sex

8. High risk districts
• Kasese
• Wakiso
• Nakasongola
• Treatment is majorly under Bwera Hospital
and entebbe national isolation unit.

9. Intervention (pillars of MOH)
• i)community engagement pillar;
• Activate the community helath support structure
to create a base for community and
• Support for referral and linkage of suspected
cases.
• Develop standardised CE tools on Mpox.
• Work with community pillar to orient stake
holders at all levels on their roles in HBC for
Mpox.

10. SIRI pillar
• Dogotate the following tools from the case
management pillar;
• Allert reporting form;EMS,clinical care daily
report form
• Mpox screening tool to be used at the
entrance of facilities
• Support pillars to roll out digital tools for the
response.

11. • Support data management needs of the
response including data quality.
• Data analytics and reporting,the data anlytics
team constitutes and generates information
polls

12. Risk communication pillar
• Printing information in different languages on
the 23 +2 high risk districts
• Total materials are 165,600 and 207000
posters and flyers respectively.
• DHE’s virtual orientation for this week
• Ref; National Monkey pox situation report.