Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral infection which can spread between people and occasionally from the environment to people via things and surfaces that have been touched by a person with mpox. In settings where the monkeypox virus is present among some wild animals, it can also be transmitted from infected animals to people who have contact with them.

NICD information on Mpox  | Content on National DoH website | What is Monkey Pox (information on WHO website)

Posters

• What to do if you suspect that you have contracted Mpox  
• Ways to reduce being exposed to Mpox if you are sexually active 
• How can a person lower their risk during sex
• Support for persons infected with Mpox

• Okufanele ukugweme uma usola ukuthi une Mpox
• Zindlela zokunciphisa ukuba sengcupheni ku-Mpox uma uya ocansini
• Umuntu angehlisa kanjani amathuba okuthola i-Mpox ngesikhathi socansi
• Ukusekwa kwabantu abangenwe yi-Mpox