Monkeypox to be renamed mpox to avoid stigma, says WHO
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#668YG)
Disease is found in various animals and it is inaccurate to associate global outbreak with Africa
Monkeypox has been given a new name by the World Health Organization (WHO), which has announced the disease will now be called mpox" in a bid to help tackle discrimination and stigma.
The WHO announced its intention to rename the disease in June after concerns were raised that its original name is misleading, stigmatising and discriminatory, with a crowd-sourcing effort to find a new name announced in August.
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