Topic: Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) and health equity. While undoubtedly

Topic: Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) and health equity.
While undoubtedly many of you are aware of the Mpox outbreak this past year, we are going to focus on what was known about the characteristics of the disease going into the epidemic, and how to make a response to local crises, taking health equity into consideration.
Readings (see Module):
1. Mpox outbreaks: Beer et al.,A systematic review of the epidemiology of human monkeypox outbreaks and implications for outbreak strategy. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2019.
2. Lessons learned from COVID vaccine distribution: Vaccine Distribution: Equity Left Behind? JAMA 2021
3. Gamble, Under the Shadow of Tuskegee. AJPH 1997
Question: How important was it for the Mpox vaccine to reach all races with equity in the Atlanta epidemic if the Ro was less than 1?