# The World Health Organisation says Mpox no longer represents a global public health emergency. This follows a steady decline in cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other affected countries. The organisation declared a public health emergency of international concern in August 2024 after a two-pronged Mpox epidemic broke out, primarily in the DRC. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lifted the status following a quarterly meeting of the UN health agency’s emergency committee on the outbreak.
WHO lifts global Mpox emergency