Monkeypox to mpox: Why changing the names of diseases became important
Curbing stigma against patients and disassociating the place of occurrence of the disease from the disease itself are the main reasons.
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Curbing stigma against patients and disassociating the place of occurrence of the disease from the disease itself are the main reasons.
The World Health Organization, which is looking to rename monkeypox, called Tuesday for help from the public in coming up with a less stigmatising designation for the fast-spreading disease.
The World Health Organization will change the name of the monkeypox disease over concerns of offensive connotations.
The move from WHO comes after 30 scientists from 11 countries pushed for a name change last week.
The WHO aims to consult experts in orthopoxviruses on more appropriate names for the monkeypox virus. Earlier during the coronavirus pandemic, people around the world referred to Covid virus as China or Wuhan virus, and again the emergence of a Covid strain in South Africa led to travel bans.