• WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened an urgent meeting of experts due to concerns about the spread of mpox.
• The meeting aims to determine if the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
• Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has resurged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries, with over 11,000 cases and 445 deaths reported in the DRC this year.
• The outbreak is caused by a different strain of mpox, the Clade Ib subclade, and primarily affects children.